Oh, my brother, where was I When you called out for me to help you Did I seem too busy, too busy to hear How could you have known that I I had a problem of my own Or did it seem, seem to you That I just did not care Don't condemn me for not being there When you really needed me Oh, just understand that each of us Have burdens that we've got to bear Oh, but there's One, One who's always Always willing to help us, yes And it's Jesus, my brother Just give Him your care Oh, we all need each other at one time or another But the One we always need is the Lord We all need the helping hand of a loving sister or a brother But the One we can always depend upon is the Lord (Ooh) And loving sister, tell me where were you When I needed somebody to talk with About a fault of mine that I had carried around for so very long I couldn't share it with just anybody 'Cause everybody, you see Everybody wouldn't understand me
And when I couldn't talk with you That's when I felt so all, all alone I know, I know, I know that you love me Ah, but sometimes you don't know what to say You don't know what say, you don't know what do That would give me the strength to make Strength to make it through oh, but there's One, I know One who's always standing right here, standing here beside me Yes and it's Jesus, loving sister and He knows what to do Yeah, we all need each other at one time or another (Yes we do, yeah) But the One we always need is the Lord Yes, we all need the helping hand of a loving sister or a brother (Yeah) But the One we can always depend upon is the Lord (We can, yeah-hey) Yeah, we all need each other at one time or another (Yes we do, yeah) But the One we always need is the Lord Yes, we all need the helping hand of a loving sister or a brother But the One we can always depend upon is the Lord