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Mavis Staples – Never Needed Anyone (2019) | Track profile | Dork

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We Get By
Never Needed Anyone

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Never Needed Anyone

Release date: 24th May 2019

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About This Track

"Never Needed Anyone" is a track by Mavis Staples, from the album We Get By, released 24th May 2019. Full lyrics are available below.

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Mavis Staples

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Lyrics

Never Needed Anyone

[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

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Track details

From We Get By

2019

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Album

Release year

2019

—Brothers and Sisters
—Chance on Me
—Change
—Hard to Leave
—Heavy on My Mind
—Never Needed Anyone
—One More Change
—Stronger
—Sometime
—We Get By

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