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The hardest thing I've ever done is keep believing There's someone in this crazy world for me The way that people come and go through temporary lives My chance could come and I might never know I used to say "No promises, let's keep it simple" But freedom only helps you say goodbye It took a while for me to learn that nothing comes for free The price I paid is high enough for me * I know I need to be in love I know I've wasted too much time I know I ask perfection of a quite imperfect world And fool enough to think that's what I'll find + So here I am with pockets full of good intentions But none of them will comfort me tonight I'm wide awake at 4 a.m. without a friend in sight I'm hanging on a hope but I'm all right repeat * repeat + repeat *
In the August 2 1976 People magazine, John Bettis (co-writer with Richard) says the song is "autobiographical for all three of us."
In the notes to the Carpenters: The Compact Disc Collection, Richard Carpenter wrote:
Two songs stand out for me: I Need To Be In Love with its melancholy John Bettis lyric. This became Karen's favorite Carpenters song...
