(The Need For Love)
From the 1960 film “The Unforgiven”.
Words by Ned Washington.
Music by Dimitri Tiomkin.
Sheet music provided by Nicholas Leunissen:
Accompaniment by James Pitt-Payne:
Lyrics
The need for love is a need fundamental
The human heart has to know someone cares
The need for love that is tender and gentle
Is more important than worldly affairs
And to the ones who are still unforgiven
Love is a food and they need ev’ry crumb
A thing that’s treasured
That can’t be measured
By any scale or rule of thumb
Sometimes hearts are driven
Into their own little shell
All the unforgiven
And those who have loved so well
My need for you will continue
As long as there is a star
Or a sky up above
There is no force in the world
That’s as strong as the need for love
The need for love
Sung here by Vancha March: