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Everybody's got to have a secret love

Everyone's got to be free

 Free to believe that love lasts forever

Everybody's got to have a shoulder to cry on

Everyone's born with the need

 The need to be loved in a moment of sadness

 When you're all alone with the world on your shoulder

 It's then that you'll know what I mean

 You need love

 You need love

Everybody's got to have their moments of coldness

Everyone's got to have warmth

 A fire in their lives, so they join man and wife

After the fire, the flames and the passion

After the first years are gone

 You still feel the need in a moment of sadness

 You need love

 You need love

 When you're all alone with the world on your shoulder

 It's then that you'll know what I mean

 When you're all alone and there's no-one to talk to

 It's then that you'll know what I mean

 You need love

 You need love