When the time comes and I need someone to hold me When the time comes and I need someone to care If I'm ever down and out and need somebody If I ever call on you will you be there Self-relyin' is the work I use for me Independence is the thing I've got to be Self-substantivein' doesn't mean that I don't care If I ever call on you will you be there Ah if my dreams and schemes should ever tell me And my life is empty when I've lost it all If I'm ever down and out and need somebody oh yeah If I ever call on you will you be there If I ever call on you will you be there...