Ed Sheeran
You Need Me, I Don’t Need You lyrics
- Language
- English
- Level
- Intermediate
- Released
- 2009
- Genre
- Pop
- Length
- 3:41
Now, I'm in town, break it down, thinking of making a new sound
Playing a different show every night in front of a new crowd
That's you now, ciao, seems that life is great now
See me lose focus as I sing to you loud
I can't, no, I won't hush
I say the words that make you blush
I'm gonna sing this now
Ow, ow
See, I'm true, my songs are where my heart is
I'm like glue, I stick to other artists
I'm not you, now, that would be disastrous
Let me sing and do my thing and move to greener pastures
See, I'm real, I do it all, it's all me
I'm not fake, don't ever call me lazy
I won't stay put, give me the chance to be free
Suffolk sadly seems to sort of suffocate me, ow
Oh, 'cause you need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you at all
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you at all
You need me
I sing and write my own tune and I write my own verse
Hell, don't need another wordsmith to make my tune sell
Call yourself a singer-writer, you're just bluffing
Name's on the credits and you didn't write nothing
I sing fast, I know that all my shit's cool
I will blast, and I didn't go to Brit School
I came fast with the way I act, right
I can't last if I'm smoking on a crack pipe
And I won't be a product of my genre
My mind will always be stronger than my songs are
Never believe the bullshit that fake guys feed to ya
Always read the stories that you hear on Wikipedia
And musically, I'm demonstrating
When I perform live, feels like I am meditating
Times at the enterprise when some fella filmed me
"A young singer-writer like a Gabriella Cilmi"
'Cause you need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you at all
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you at all
You need me
'Cause with the lyrics, I'll be aiming it right
I won't stop 'til my name's in lights at stadium heights with Damien Rice
On red carpets, now I'm on Arabian Nights
Because I'm young, I know my brother's gonna give me advice
Long nighter, short height and I gone hyper
Never been anything but a singer-songwriter, yeah
The game's over, but now, I'm on a new level
Watch how I step on the track without a loop pedal
People think that I'm bound to blow up
I've done around about a thousand shows
But I haven't got a house, plus I live on a couch
So you believe the lyrics when I'm singing them out
Wow, from day one, I've been prepared
With VO5 wax for my ginger hair
So now, I'm back to the sofa
Giving a dose of what the future holds 'cause it's another day
Plus I'll keep my last name forever, keep this genre pretty basic
Gonna be breaking into other people's tunes when I chase it
Replace it with the elephant in the room with a facelift
Into another rapper's shoes using new laces
I'm selling CDs from my rucksack, aiming for the papers
Selling CDs from my rucksack, aiming for the majors
Nationwide tour with Just Jack, still had to get the bus back
Clean cut kid without a razor for the moustache
I hit back when the pen hurts me
I'm still a choir boy in a Fenchurch tee
I'm still the same as a year ago, but more people hear me though
According to the MySpace and YouTube videos
I'm always doing shows, if I'm not, I'm in the studio
Truly broke, never growing up, call me Rufio
Melody music maker, reading all the papers
They say I'm up and coming like I'm fucking in an elevator
'Cause you need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you at all
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you
You need me, man, I don't need you at all
You need me, man, I don't need you
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Key vocabulary
- i'm
- I amC2
- advice
- guidanceA1
- anything
- no matter whatA1
- chance
- possible opportunityA2
- down
- not up; sadA1
- heart
- center of feelingsA2
- let
- allowA1
- life
- time you liveA1
- need
- must haveA1
- put
- place somethingA1
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About this song
Ed Sheeran is an English singer-songwriter known for his blend of folk, pop, and hip-hop, beginning with his rise from UK pub gigs to major albums including +. He is associated with chart-topping singles such as “Shape of You” and “Perfect,” and has also collaborated with artists like Taylor Swift, Chance the Rapper, and Beyoncé.