Sammy got around from work Dropped his coat on the floor Took a look at empty walls Turned and closed the door And then he lit a cigarette And he went inside Sat at the kitchen table Yeah, and then he cried Nobody's fault he just fell so easily She didn't love him back This is the way it's meant to be We all need A little sympathy We all need A hand in holdin' on Mary, Mary who are you cryin' to? There's nobody to listen You haven't seen you little boy it's been a year or two Since he's been missin' It's been a long time His daddy knew how much he meant to you You've got no other family Now what do you do? We all need A little sympathy Oh, we all need A hand in holdin' on
Sometimes the world around comes crashin' down like a ton of lead When you lose the drive, oh it's hard to get ahead There's a feelin' inside and it comes and it goes It's somethin' everybody shares, and everybody knows We all need A little sympathy Oh, we all need A hand in holdin' on Oh, we all need (everybody needs) Just a little bit of sympathy (everybody breaks) Don't you know we all need (everybody bleeds) A hand in holdin' on (everybody need) Sammy got around from work Dropped his coat on the floor Took a look at empty walls Turned and closed the door And then he lit a cigarette And he went inside Sat at the kitchen table Yeah, and then he cried