listen everybody especially you girls is it right to be left alone when the one you love is never home and i love too hard my friends sometimes say but i believe i believe that a woman should be loved that way but it hurts me so inside to see y all treat me so unkind somebody somewhere tell her it ain t fair can i get a witness can i get a witness somebody somebody is it right to be treated so bad when you ve given everything you had even tossin in my sleep cause i haven t seen my baby all week now you chicks do agree that this ain t the way love s supposed to be then emme hear lemme hear you say yeah hey up early in the mornin with her on my mind just to find out all night that i ve been cryin cause i believe a woman is a man s best friend i m gonna stick by her right here right now til the very end but she caused me so much misery that i forget how love s supposed to be lemme hear you lemme hear you say hey hey  i want a witness can i get a witness i want a witness can i get a witness everybody knows especially you girls that love can be sad but i have a love that s twice as bad all you chicks agree that this ain t the way love s supposed to be lemme hear you lemme hear you say yeah hey can i get a witness somebody in the mornin i need a witness around about noon i want a witness in the evenin i need a witness in the midnight hour i need a witness i need somebody to hold me i need a witness i need someone to squeeze me i need a witness need someone to tease me i need a witness i i i i i i i need a witness true sweetness kiss my face i need you all over the place i just need somebody to hold me tight on the cold cold cold and windy night i need you i need a witness early in the mornin satisfied i just want somebody to hold me tight i need somebody to squeeze at night i had a little girl when i was you know when time s to come and who s to be i remember i am girl set me free she makes me move like i never did she give me everything i want then i want a witness i need a witness somebody somebody so baby i gotta move i gotta move i wanna move i need a witness i gotta move i need a witness i need it i need i need a witness i gotta move i need a witness somebody i gotta move somebody i gotta move i need a witness i need somebody oh somebody