On the dark side of the street 
 
 Just about midnight, on the way
 
 To the bright side when she calls 
 
 She turned out the light 
 
 I'm just a beginner, when it comes
 
 From a number on the wall 
 
  
  All God's children
 
 Need someone to love 
 
 And you know, you know I found mine 
 
 I've been waiting for the one  
 
 After her, you will see me gone 
 
 I got a question answered anyway 
 
 She turned out to be
  
 
 A lesson in love 
 
 A lesson in love 
  
 
 Bad girls cross the line 
 
 Get it for nothing any time 
 
 I am a victim of the blues 
 
 She don't know the truth 
 
 Nobody told her how to cry 
 
 She got a back against the wall 
  
 
 All God's children need someone to love 
 
 And you know, baby
 
 You know I found mine 
 
 She can show me I'm the one 
 
 After me, she'll be on the run 
 
 And lightning strikes in my bedroom 
 
 The satisfaction was to me
  
 
 A lesson in love 
 
 A lesson in love
  
 
 All God's children
 
 Need someone to love
 
 And you know - baby
 
 You know I found mine
 
 She can show me I'm the one
 
 After me, she'll be on the run 
 
 And lightning strikes in my
 
 The satisfaction was to me
  
 
 A lesson in love 
 
 A lesson in love
  
 
 If you give your love
 
 For the first time
 
 You could learn more from me 
 
 It's gonna be
 
 There are ways and means
 
 for your pleasure 
 
 Now just you wait and see 
 
 It's gonna be
  
 
 (repeat)
  
 
 It's gonna, for the, for your, it's gonna be