Intro (Rhodes. Low bass. Room tone.) Mmm… Therapy was… Interesting today. (soft laugh) She asked me… Who I call… When I need somebody. … I couldn’t think Of anybody. BGVs: (Mmm…) ⸻ Verse 1 Mama calls When something’s wrong My sister needs Another favor My friends know If it’s after two I’ll still pick up Sooner or later And you… Know exactly How to find me When your whole world Falls apart Funny… Everybody knows Where I keep My heart BGVs (My heart…) But nobody Ever asks If there’s enough Left in there For me And somehow I’m the selfish one The minute I say… I can’t BGVs (I can’t…) ⸻ Pre-Chorus I know how To make room Know how To understand Know how To forgive Things… I probably shouldn’t But when my hands Start shaking And I can’t Hold myself… Who am I Supposed To reach for? ⸻ Chorus When I need… Who do I call? When I’m tired Of being strong For everybody else When I need… Somewhere to fall Why does everybody Love my open arms But never notice When they’re empty? BGVs: (Empty…) I know how To be needed I know how To come through But when I need… When I need… Who do I get To need too? BGVs: (Who…) (Mmm…) ⸻ Verse 2 She said “Boundaries” Like it’s just A word Like saying no Won’t change Everything I’ve learned She said… “Maybe you should Think about leaving” And I stared At the floor ’Cause how you leave The only kind Of love You’ve ever known? BGVs: (Ever known…) I know This ain’t right I ain’t confused About that I just don’t know What’s waiting If I don’t Go back And everybody says “You deserve better” Like better Is somewhere I already know How to find BGVs: (How to find…) ⸻ Pre-Chorus Maybe I’ve spent So much time Being whatever Everybody needed That I don’t know What I need Without them And maybe That’s the part I’m scared To say out loud If nobody Needs me… Would anybody Still want me Around? BGVs: (Want me…) ⸻ Chorus When I need… Who do I call? When I’m tired Of making sure Everybody else Is okay When I need… Somewhere to fall Why do I apologize For asking Someone else To stay? BGVs: (Stay…) I know how To be needed I know what I’m supposed to do But when I need… When I need… Who do I get To need too? ⸻ Bridge (Drums disappear. Rhodes and bass.) I don’t need Anybody To save me… I just… Wish somebody Would notice When I’m drowning Before I have To say it. BGVs: (Say it…) I’ve been The strong one So long Even I Started believing I didn’t get To break But I’m tired… Voice begins climbing Tired of love Feeling like Something I survive Tired of home Being somewhere I have to Make myself small To stay inside And I know… I KNOW… What I should do… Belt: I JUST DON’T KNOW HOW TO LOSE EVERYBODY— AND STILL… HAVE… MEEEEEE! BGVs swell: (Have me…) (You’ll have you…) (Mmm…) ⸻ Final Chorus (Full groove returns.) When I need… Maybe I can call My own name Before I run To everybody else When I need… Maybe I can learn That needing something Doesn’t make me Hard to love BGVs: (Hard to love…) I don’t have All the answers I ain’t ready To pretend I do But maybe… When I need… I can finally Start asking… What I need… From you From them… From me… BGVs: (From me…) ⸻ Outro (Everything falls away except Rhodes.) She asked me… Who I call When I need somebody. … Maybe next week… I’ll have An answer. BGVs: (When I need…) (Mmm…) (Fade.)
