A girl who lives on the safer side of old romantic dreams hears unless she drifts with emotion's tide, she won't know what love means.

And she knows, (sometimes)
That it's right, (sometimes)
But just anytime's no good,
And she wants, (somebody)
She needs, (somebody)
Just like, (anybody would)
Oh, anybody would.

She needs somebody's arms around her tight,
Somebody's arms to hold her through the night,
Oh yeah,
But faithfully she waits for love in the right somebody's arms.

A young man poised on the border of integrity's reward wonders if the boys think he's man enough for passions unexplored.

And he knows, (sometimes)
That it's right, (sometimes)
But just anytime's no good,
And he wants, (somebody)
He needs, (somebody)
Just like, (anybody would)
Oh, anybody would.

He needs somebody's arms around him tight,
Somebody's arms to hold him through the night,
Whoa yeah,
But faithfully he waits for love in the right somebody's arms.

And you know, (sometimes)
That it's right, (sometimes)
But just anytime's no good,
And you want, (somebody)
You need, (somebody)
Just like, (anybody would)
Oh, anybody would.

You need somebody's arms around you tight,
Somebody's arms to hold you through the night, (around you tight)
Oh yeah, in faithfully ordained love, (hold you through the night)
Somebody's arms around you tight,
Somebody's arms to hold you through the night, (around you tight)
Oh yeah, (hold you through the night)
Keep holding out for real love in the right somebody's arms, oh yeah.