They say it's all about getting paid
Or else it's all about getting laid, no, no
I said all you need is, all you need is

Sunscreen, infamy
Electricity, ooh
The bare necessities
All you need is
Protein, gasoline
David Bowie LPs, ooh
Desiribility
All you need is

Somebody, somebody, somebody
To feel the way you do too
Somebody to hold on, hold onto
Somebody, yeah
But it's so hard to get, you know

chorus
They say it's all about getting paid
Or else it's all about getting laid, no, no
I said all you need is someone
Someone to get you up
Off of your knees, yeah

repeat chorus

You know I used to think of other things
Yeah, yeah
You know I used to think of other things
Yeah

Lifestyle magazines
Purity, therapy, ooh
Originality
All you need is
TV, flattery
de Kooning gallery, ooh
Stable economy
All you need is

Somebody, somebody, somebody
To get you through your tomorrow
Somebody to hold on, hold onto
Somebody, yeah
But it's so hard to get, you know

repeat chorus twice

I swear I used to think of other things, yeah
But I just can't, I just can't remember

Always in a moodswing
Couldn't eat another thing
All this endless searching
Choose a brand new career

Ice cream, charity
Peer popularity, ooh
Your personality
All you need is
More humility
Social security, ooh
Soteriology
All you need is

Somebody, somebody, somebody
To promise everything is OK
Somebody to hold on, hold onto
Somebody, yeah
But it's so hard to get, you know

repeat chorus twice