They Needed Each Other Lyrics - Hall & Oates

They started as children and grew to be friends 

He with his sculptor's hands, she with her needle 

They went through some bitter times alone and together 

They were lovers and friends, but friends more than lovers 

Sharing each other with their own private worlds 

He knew that she needed him and he couldn't come 

He needed her, but she could not answer his needs 

He sculpted her form only both of them knew 

He yearned to finish before she would leave him forever 

But before he was finished, she disappeared 

And seized with sadness, he crumbled the statue to bits 

Form and friend, gone forever, both crumbled down to a memory 

He knew that she needed him and he couldn't come 

He needed her, but she could not answer his needs