Why, why, why, why

That old river needed crossing

Those dice needed tossing

It probably ended up costing

Somebody something just to do

And I think you need to be loved by me, that's why

Oh, I think you need to be loved by me

That's why, why, why

Oh, baby, that's why, why, why

I'm willing to pay the price just for loving you

That old wall needed scaling

That sea needed sailing

Somebody took a chance on failing

Just to prove it could be done

And I think you need to be loved by me, that's why

Oh, baby, I think you need to be loved by me

That's why, why, why

Oh, baby, that's why, why, why

I'm chancing loving you 'cause you're the one

Ah, baby

Well, we all have our own reasons

Why we do the things we do

Something that makes it

Real important to you

Why, why

That old mountain needed climbing

Some inner need is why men

Have to put some time in

If you wanna make a dream come true

And I gotta inner need to be loved by you, that's why

Oh, mama, gotta inner need to be loved by you

That's why, why, why

Oh, baby, that's why, why, why

I'm puttin' in my time to try to make you love me too

Ah, baby

Why, why

I gotta inner need to be loved by you, that's why

I think you need to be loved by me, that's why

Oh, I gotta inner need to be loved by you, that's why

I think you need to be loved by me, that's why

Why, why, mama, mama, that's why, why, why, why, why

I gotta inner need to be loved by you, that's why

I think you need to be loved by me, that's why

Oh, baby, that's why, mama, mama, that's why...