When I need you,

I just close my eyes and I'm with you

and all that I so want to give you,

it's only a heartbeat away!



When I need love,

I hold out my hands and I touch love

I never knew there was so much love

keeping me warm night an' day!



A thousand miles of empty space in between us

a telephone can take the place of your smile

but you know I won't be travellin' forever

it's cold out, but hold out an do like I do!



When I need you,

I just close my eyes and I'm with you

and all that I so want to give you,

it's only a heartbeat away!



It's not easy when the road is goodbye, love! ( goodbye, love! )

Honey, that's a heavy load that we bare!



But you know I won't be travellin' a lifetime!

It's cold out, but hold out

an do like I do!



When I need love,

I hold out my hands and I touch love

I never knew there was so much love

keeping me warm night an' day!



When it's cold out,

hold out an do like I do

when I need you!



Music by Albert Hammond

with lyrics by Carole Bayer Sager, 1977