The Cars – Just What I Needed lyrics

The Cars – Just What I Needed lyrics

I don't mind you comin' here
And wastin' all my time
'cause when you're standin' oh so near
I kinda lose my mind
It's not the perfume that you wear
It's not the ribbons in your hair
I don't mind you comin' here
And wastin' all my time

I don't mind you hangin' out
And talkin' in your sleep
It doesn't matter where you've been
As long as it was deep, yeah
You always knew to wear it well and
You look so fancy I can tell
I don't mind you hangin' out
And talkin' in your sleep

I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to bleed

I don't mind you comin' here
And wastin' all my time time
'cause when you're standin' oh so near
I kinda lose my mind, yeah
It's not the perfume that you wear
It's not the ribbons in your hair
I don't mind you comin' here
And wastin' all my time

I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to bleed

I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to feed
I guess you're just what I needed
(just what I needed)
I needed someone to plead
Yeah, yeah, so plead me

You're just what I needed
You're just what I needed
Yeah, you're just what I needed
Yeah, yeah yeah

Lyrics taken from /lyrics/c/cars/just_what_i_needed.html

Songwriters: Ric Ocasek

Just What I Needed lyrics © Universal Music Publishing Group, Warner Chappell Music, Inc.

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Unregistered 2012-01-15 10:39:50

We all know what this song means; it means something different to everyone. To most people, it's about a guy loving a girl for reasons he doesn't understand. I think that's what true love is - love just because it is. If you can pick out the features about a person that you like, and that's all that you like, then that person is replaceable. If you don't know what it is you like about them, then you will never find the same person that suits you like they do, which is the idea of the song.

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Unregistered 2017-06-19 14:55:52

This is not exactly Dylan deep stuff here. Pretty shallow. The guy doesn't mind her coming here and seems to reluctantly admit she's just what he needs. It's pop music. I will say that musically it's a lot more sophisticated than it is lyrically. The chord progression is unusual and unique. Whew, there's my 50 word minimum.

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Unregistered 2012-07-31 18:34:52

Not as dirty as some may assume. It's simply about a boy who is trying to figure out what it is about a girl that drives him crazy. She's just what he needed, someone to take care of ("feed") and someone to "bleed" for; a typical factor of most any relationship. "talking in your sleep," could possibly refer to her talking about personal things, or even other men, but he doesn't mind, as long as she's moved on from them and learned from them. Classic cars. It's a great song.

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