For Once In My Life (Live At Fox Theatre, Detroit, MI/1969)

Ladies and gentlemen –
"For once in my lifetime, there's someone to love me!"
Would you welcome, please, the exciting young man of song –
Mister – Stevie – Wonder!

For once in my life, I have someone who needs me,
Someone I've needed so long
For once, unafraid, I can go where life leads me
Somehow, I know I'll be gone

For once I can touch what my heart used to dream of,
Long before I knew
Oh, someone warm like you
Who would make my dreams come true, yeah, baby

For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me,
Not like it's hurt me before
For once, I have someone I know won't desert me
Stevland ain't alone any more

For once, I can say – "This is mine, you can't take it"
Long as I know I have love, I can make it
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me
A-hey, hey, hey, hey, yeah
Oh, baby, baby

For once in my life, I won't let sorrow hurt me,
Not like it's hurt me before!
For once, I have someone–won't desert me
I'm not alone anymore

For once, I can say – "This is mine, you can't take it"
Long as I know I have love, I can make it
For once in my life, I have someone who needs me!

Oh, baby! For once in my life
Hey, somebody that needs me!
Ooh, baby, for once in my –
Please don't talk, don't let your soul-grown feelings unprepared – aye!

Aye, baby – for once in my life
Ohhh – somebody that needs... me, me!
Oh, baby – for once in my... life-ife-ife-ife-ife-ife, yeah, yeah

(Gon' get funky, funky, funky...)