This is a sequel to 2001's "Reckless Abandon", and features the band looking back on their clumsy youth fondly.
Wish I had somebody
Wish I was somebody's baby
Somebody's somebody
Somebody's somebody
(Somebody)
Watching lovers walking
Hand in hand, they pass me by (yeah)
Wish I was one of them
Wish I had somebody wakin' up beside me
Looking into my eyes at night
I want a love to call my own (I want a love to call my own)
I want someone that I can hold (I want someone that I can hold)
Want someone wanting me
I wanna feel how it feels to be
Somebody's somebody
Someone's someone
Some sweet lover's lover
I wanna be that one (I wanna be the one)
Someone faithful to someone faithful
Someone kind to someone kind to me
Somebody to somebody who loves me (who loves me, yeah)
Who loves me
Spending all of my time
Spending all my time on me (oh baby)
Where is that someone who I can give my time to
Searching for that lover
With the love that will change my life
I want two arms to hold me close (I want two arms to hold me close)
I want the thing I need the most (I want the thing I need the most)
Somebody needing me
So I can feel how it feels to be, to be, yeah
Somebody's somebody
Someone's someone
Some sweet lover's lover
I wanna be that one (I wanna be the one)
Someone faithful to someone faithful
Someone kind to someone kind to me
Somebody to somebody who loves me
Who loves me
What I'm looking for
Is someone to love me more
Than I've been loved before with love so right
What I need to find
Is someone to hold me tight
What I mean is I want to be
Somebody's somebody
Someone's someone
Some sweet lover's lover
I wanna be that one (I wanna be the one)
Someone faithful to someone faithful
And someone kind to someone kind to me
Somebody to somebody who loves me
Who loves me
Who loves me
Who loves me
Who loves me
Who loves me
Who loves me baby
Somebody's somebody
Somebody's somebody
Somebody's somebody
Somebody's somebody
Wish I was one of them I was somebody's baby
Somebody's somebody
Wish I was one of them baby, I was somebody darling
Ooh c'mon, c'mon for me
Somebody's somebody
Somebody's somebody
Wish I was one of them I was somebody's baby
Somebody's somebody
Wish I was somebody's baby
Somebody's somebody
Somebody's somebody
(Somebody)
Watching lovers walking
Hand in hand, they pass me by (yeah)
Wish I was one of them
Wish I had somebody wakin' up beside me
Looking into my eyes at night
I want a love to call my own (I want a love to call my own)
I want someone that I can hold (I want someone that I can hold)
Want someone wanting me
I wanna feel how it feels to be
Somebody's somebody
Someone's someone
Some sweet lover's lover
I wanna be that one (I wanna be the one)
Someone faithful to someone faithful
Someone kind to someone kind to me
Somebody to somebody who loves me (who loves me, yeah)
Who loves me
Spending all of my time
Spending all my time on me (oh baby)
Where is that someone who I can give my time to
Searching for that lover
With the love that will change my life
I want two arms to hold me close (I want two arms to hold me close)
I want the thing I need the most (I want the thing I need the most)
Somebody needing me
So I can feel how it feels to be, to be, yeah
Somebody's somebody
Someone's someone
Some sweet lover's lover
I wanna be that one (I wanna be the one)
Someone faithful to someone faithful
Someone kind to someone kind to me
Somebody to somebody who loves me
Who loves me
What I'm looking for
Is someone to love me more
Than I've been loved before with love so right
What I need to find
Is someone to hold me tight
What I mean is I want to be
Somebody's somebody
Someone's someone
Some sweet lover's lover
I wanna be that one (I wanna be the one)
Someone faithful to someone faithful
And someone kind to someone kind to me
Somebody to somebody who loves me
Who loves me
Who loves me
Who loves me
Who loves me
Who loves me
Who loves me baby
Somebody's somebody
Somebody's somebody
Somebody's somebody
Somebody's somebody
Wish I was one of them I was somebody's baby
Somebody's somebody
Wish I was one of them baby, I was somebody darling
Ooh c'mon, c'mon for me
Somebody's somebody
Somebody's somebody
Wish I was one of them I was somebody's baby
Somebody's somebody
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Such true lyrics for a young girl that hasn't experience love yet. You want to know what that is, why everyone seems to have someone by their side but you still have all the time in the world for yourself "where is that someone who I can give my time to?" I can relate to it, being 18 and never "in love" I would cry to this lyrics...so they mean a lot to me, and I miss that state of innocence that I just can't get back to.