This song is only available on the "Your Arsenal" album which doesn't include lyrics. They are transcribed here without permission, as they are heard.

With the world's fate resting on your shoulders ¹
You're gonna need someone on your side
You can't do it by yourself any longer ²
You're gonna need someone on your side

Someone kindly told me that you wasted ³
Eight of nine lives
Give yourself a break before you break down
You're gonna need someone on your side

And here I am!
And here I am!
Well, you don't need to look so pleased ⁴

Day or night, there is no difference
You're gonna need someone on your side
Day or night, there is no difference
You're gonna need someone soon

And here I am!
And here I am!
Well, you don't need to look so pleased ⁴

 

² During the first leg of the 2007 Greatest Hits tour, after switching to the first person as mentioned in the previous note, Morrissey sometimes changed this line to "I can't do it anymore, any longer".

³ For most of the 1992 Your Arsenal tour Morrissey changed this line and the following to "Someone kindly told me that you've collected very sharp bread knives". This can be heard for example on the live album "Beethoven Was Deaf". On a few 1992 dates, he mixed a bit of the studio version with the live modification by singing "Someone kindly told me that you've collected eight of nine lives". He also did this at the beginning of the Oye Esteban tour. He then switched to the slight variations "Someone kindly told me that you've collected... Stanley knives" or "Someone kindly told me that you've collected.. very sharp knives". This then evolved successively to "Someone kindly told me that you've wasted... every good thing in your life" for a few dates, then "Someone kindly told me that you've blown away... every good thing in your life" then "Someone kindly told me that you've thrown away... every good thing in your life". By the 2000 dates of the Oye Esteban tour the latter change had become the standard one. On the 2007 Greatest Hits tour a new line was introduced and was done at every show: "someone kindly told me that you've thrown away every day of your teenage life".

⁴ Now and then in late 1999 on the Oye Esteban tour Morrissey changed this line to "Oh you don't need to look so peeved". Early on the 2007 Greatest Hits tour he often sang "Well, you don't need to look so doggone pleased".

Note: In late 1999 and early 2000 on the Oye Esteban tour Morrissey sometimes changed an occurrence or another of the title line to "you're gonna need someone on your snide".