| Ooh, I know a fortune teller
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| A very freaky fella
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| How 'bout you like me to tell ya
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| (Love is the thing you need) Let me say now
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| A family physician
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| Gave me a prescription
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| For a nice disposition
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| (Love is the thing you need)
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| So, when all your frustrations
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| Don’t receive no medication
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| How bad you feel
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| Oh, it’s just unreal
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| Oh, you can’t get no satisfaction
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| When your mind is overacting
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| And you don’t give your self the love you need
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| (So get on up)
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| And get down, down, down
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| With some good ol' funky, funky love
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| (Love is the thing you need) Fellas
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| (Love is the thing you need) Ah, hit it
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| Make you feel so good
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| Make your body shake like crazy
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| Give yourself a get and go, yeah
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| (Love is the thing you need) The midnight hour
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| (Love is the thing you need) (Love is the thing you need)
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| (Love is the thing you need) Sing it again
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| (Love is the thing you need) (Love is the thing you need)
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| When that somebody finds you down (Love is the thing you need)
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| Love comes up from underground (Love is the thing you need)
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| Oh, love (Oh, love)
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| Yeah, some people they don’t know
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| That it’s the only way to go
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| If you wanna live a happy, happy life yeah, yeah
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| Oh, there ain’t no doubt about it
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| We just can’t live without it
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| No we can’t, no we can’t
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| Sing it to me children
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| (Love is the thing you need) One more time, yeah
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| (Love is the thing you need) Sing it, yeah
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| Once a day, twice a day, everyday
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| (Love is the thing you need) What you say now
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| Once a day, twice a day, good God, everyday
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| (Love is the thing you need) You gotta, gotta have love
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| You gotta, gotta have love
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| You gotta, gotta have love
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| Y’all know what I’m talkin' about (Love is the thing you need)
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| You gotta, gotta have love
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| You gotta, gotta have love
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| You gotta, gotta have love (Love is the thing you need)
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| Don’t you stop, don’t you stop |