Listen to this when
Lean on Me
Needing help isn't weakness. It's just your turn. 🤝 #LeanOnMe
Who it's for
Withers wrote it drawing on the close community of his coal-mining hometown, Slab Fork, West Virginia, which he missed after moving to Los Angeles, so it carries a real sense of neighbours carrying each other.
Lonely→Comforted
Feelings it meets
What it is
"Lean on Me" is a song written by Bill Withers, released in April 1972 as the lead single from his album Still Bill. Withers drew on his childhood in the coal-mining town of Slab Fork, West Virginia, and the close community spirit he missed after moving to Los Angeles. It is a soul song about friends and neighbours offering each other support in hard times.
Where to find it
Spotify, Apple Music, YouTube Music, Amazon Music (widely available).
Before you start
Age: All ages
Give sorrow words: the grief that does not speak Whispers the o'er-fraught heart and bids it break.William Shakespeare, Macbeth, Act 4, Scene 3
