Bill Withers - Lean On Me Lyrics

Bill Withers Lyrics

"Lean On Me"

Sometimes in our lives
We all have pain, we all have sorrow.
But if we are wise,
We know that there's always tomorrow.

Lean on me when you're not strong
I'll be your friend, I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on.

Please swallow your pride
If I have things you need to borrow
For no one can fill those of your needs
That you won't let show.

You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem that you'll understand,
We all need somebody to lean on.

Lean on me when you're not strong
And I'll be your friend I'll help you carry on
For it won't be long
'Til I'm gonna need somebody to lean on

You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem that you'll understand,
We all need somebody to lean on.

If there is a load
You have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me.

Call me if you ever need a friend
Call me,
You need a helping hand
Call me, call me
Call me, call me
Call me, call me
Call me, call me

You just call on me, brother, when you need a hand
We all need somebody to lean on.
I just might have a problem that you'll understand,
We all need somebody to lean on.

If there is a load
You have to bear
That you can't carry
I'm right up the road
I'll share your load
If you just call me.

Call me if you ever need a friend
Call me,
You need a helping hand
Call me, call me
Call me

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Thanks to Erin Coupe, Rebecca McDonald for correcting these lyrics.

Writer(s): Bill Withers

'Lean On Me' was the first single from his second studio album. The track was released in April 1972.

This song is often used as the first song to teach children to play the piano because the position of fingers doesn't change.

'Lean On Me' won a Grammy award in 1987 for Bill Withers, as the writer, for 'Best R&B Song' when it was covered by Club Nouveau.

On January 18, 2009, Mary J. Blige performed this song at a concert in Washington, DC, to celebrate the upcoming inauguration of Barack Obama as President of the United States of America.