“Never Needed Anyone” is the seventh track of We Get By, fourteenth studio album by the American blues and gospel singer and activist Mavis Staples, released on May 24, 2019.
Written by another legend of contemporary blues, Ben Harper, the song deals with a nostalgic view of all the wasted opportun...
[Verse 1]
It was all at once
I missed everything I'd ever lost
Started over many times
Now I'm, I'm paying the cost
[Chorus]
I never needed anyone
I never needed anyone
Never needed, needed anyone
Like I need you
I need you
[Verse 2]
Seems like so long ago
When we had nothing to lose
Now all that we are
Is the living ghost of our youth
[Chorus]
I never needed anyone
I never needed anyone
Never needed anyone
Like I need you
Like I need you
[Verse 3]
So deep inside
It just won't leave us, leave us alone
In a world that's so lost, so dark, so afraid
It cuts you to the bone
[Chorus]
I never needed anyone
I never needed anyone
Never needed anyone
[Chorus]
Never needed anyone
Never needed anyone
Never needed anyone
Like I need you
I need you
I need you
I need you
Never Needed Anyone was written by Ben Harper.
Never Needed Anyone was produced by Ben Harper.
Mavis Staples released Never Needed Anyone on Fri May 24 2019.