oh she may be weary
them young girls they do get wearied
wearing that same old miniskirt dress
but when she gets weary
you try a little tenderness
oh man that
un hunh
i know she's waiting
just anticipating
the thing that youl never never possess
no no no
but while she there waiting
try just a little bit of tenderness
thats all you got to do
now it might be a little bit sentimental no
but she has her greavs and care
but the soft words they are spoke so gentle
yeah yeah yeah
and it makes it easier to bear
oh she wont regret it
no no
them young girls they dont forget it
love is their whole happiness
yeah yeha yeah
but its all so easy
all you got to do is try
try a little tenderness
yeah
damn that hart (hard?)
all you got to do is know how to love her
you've got to
hold her
squeeze her
never leave her
now get to her
got got got to try a little tenderness
yeah yeah
lord have mercy now
all you got to do is take my advice
you've got to hold her
don't squeeze her
never leave her
you've got to hold her
and never
so you got to try a little tenderness
a little tenderness
a little tenderness
a little tenderness
you've got to
got to got to
you've gotta hold her
don't squeeze her
never leaver her
you got
got got got to
now now now
got got got to
try a little tenderness
yeah yeah
tenderness
tenderness
you got got got
you got to
hold her
squeeze her
never leave her
got got got got got got got
tenderness
oh yeah
tenderness
little tendernes
gotta lord you gotta hold her
squeeze her
never leave her
sock it sock it sock it sock it sock it sock it sock it
tenderness
got to
got to
try a little tenderness
a little tenderness X2
you gotta gotta you gotta
yeah gotta
oh lord
you gotta
hold her
squeeze
never leave
get to her
sock it to her
with a little tenderness
little tenderness
little tenderness
you gotta hold her
squeeze her
never leave
tenderness
little tenderness
tenderness

Oh, she may be weary
And young girls, they do get weary
Wearing the same old shabby dress, oh yeah
Oh, when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness, oh yes, oh yes, oh

You know she's waiting, oh, just anticipating, oh
For the things she'll never possess, oh no, no
Oh, while she's there waiting, there without them
Try, oh just a little, oh just a little, little, little tenderness
That's what I said, a little tenderness

Oh, na, na, na, na, na, na
It's all you got to do, it's not
Oh, just it don't mean to know

She has, she has, she has her griefs and cares, oh
But the soft words, way he spoke so gentle, yeah
And it makes it easier, easier to bear

Hey, you won't regret it, no
Them young girls, they don't forget it
Love is their own, their own happiness
Oh, but it's all, it's all so simple now
All you got to do is try a little tenderness

Oh, won't you show her, won't you show it
That you love her?
Hey, you wanna squeeze her, don't tease her
Never leave her, you've gotta, won't you, won't you try

Just try a little tenderness
Hey, you gotta show it that you want it
No wanna [Incomprehensible] now

Squeeze her, don't tease her
Never leave her, hold her, grab her softly now
And try a little tenderness

Hey, you gotta listen to me
Don't leave her, don't cheat her now
Squeeze her, don't cheat her
Never leave her, gotta show it, na, na, na, hey

Hey, hey, you gotta know what to do
Don't be a fool, you need to try it now

Just try a little tenderness
A little tenderness
Just take it from me
You don't wanna let her leave, oh no

Squeeze her, don't tease, never leave
You've gotta, won't you try?
Just try, just try a little tenderness
Is there a witness in the building tonight, hey, hey

You've gotta, won't you, won't you try?
Just try a little tenderness
Sim, sim, try a little tender, tender, tenderness

You wanna squeeze her, don't tease her
Never leave her, hold her, grab her softly now
Just try a little, just try a little, just try a little, oh no

Hey, hey, hey, just try, just try, just try, ooh
You wanna squeeze her, don't tease her
Can you hear what I'm saying?
'Cos even won't you just, just try, oh

Oh, she may be weary
Young girls they do get weary
Wearing that same old shaggy dress
But when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness

You know she's waiting
Just anticipating
For things that she'll never, never, never, never possess
But while she's there waiting, without them
Try a little tenderness (that's all you gotta do, this is for you)

It's not just sentimental, no, no, no
She has her grief and care
But the soft words they are spoke so gentle
It makes it easier, easier to bear

You won't regret it, no, no
Young girls they never forget it
Love is their only happiness
But it's all so easy
All you gotta do is try a little tenderness

Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her
You've got, you've got, you've got
Just try a little tenderness, oh yeah yeah yeah

I may get weary
Women do get weary
Wearing the same shabby dress
But to one who's weary
Try a little tenderness

She may be waiting
Just anticipating
All of the things
She may never possess
But while she's waiting
Try a little tenderness

I may be sentimental
But i've had my griefs
And my cares
And just a good word
Soft and gentle
Makes it, makes it
So much easier to bear

She might forget it
Oh but don't let her forget it
Love's got a whole
A whole happiness
'cause it's so easy
Try a little tenderness

Oh it's so very easy
It's so very easy
Try a little
Try a little
Try a little
Try a little
Try a little

Try a little, try a little
Won't you
'cause it's so very easy
So very easy
Won't you try
Yes, I'll try
Try a little tender -
Tender -
-ness
I'll try a little tenderness

I may get weary
Women do get weary
Wearing the same shabby dress
But to one who's weary
Try a little tenderness

She may be waiting
Just anticipating
All of the things
She may never possess
But while she's waiting
Try a little tenderness

I may be sentimental
But i've had my griefs
And my cares
And just a good word
Soft and gentle
Makes it, makes it
So much easier to bear

She might forget it
Oh but don't let her forget it
Love's got a whole
A whole happiness
'cause it's so easy
Try a little tenderness

Oh it's so very easy
It's so very easy
Try a little
Try a little
Try a little
Try a little
Try a little

Try a little, try a little
Won't you
'cause it's so very easy
So very easy
Won't you try
Yes, I'll try
Try a little tender -
Tender -
-ness
I'll try a little tenderness

Oh, she may be weary
Young girls they do get weary
Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yeah yeah
But when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness, yeah yeah

Oh my my
mmmmm

You know she's waiting
Just anticipating
For things that she'll never never never never possess, yeah yeah
But while she's there waiting, without them
Try a little tenderness (that's all you gotta do)

It's not just sentimental, no no no
She has her grief and cares, yeah yeah yeah
But the soft words they are spoke so gentle, yeah
It makes it easier, easier to bear, yeah

You won't regret it, no no
Young girls they don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness, yeah
But it's all so easy
All you gotta do is try, try a little tenderness, yeah
All you gotta do is man, hold her where you want her

Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her
Get to her, try try
Just try a little tenderness, ooh yeah yeah yeah
You got to know how to love her, man, you'll be surprised, man
You've got to squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave
You've got to hold her and rub her softly
Try a little tenderness, ooh yeah yeah yeah
You've got to rub her gentle man, don't bruise her, no no
You've got to love her, squeeze her, don't tease her
Gotta try nah nah nah try
Try a little tenderness, yeah, watch her groove
You've gotta to know what to do, man
Take this advice

Oh, she may be weary
Young girls they do get weary
Wearing that same old shaggy dress
But when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness

You know she's waiting
Just anticipating
For things that she'll never, never, never, never possess
But while she's there waiting, without them
Try a little tenderness (that's all you gotta do, this is for you)

It's not just sentimental, no, no, no
She has her grief and care
But the soft words they are spoke so gentle
It makes it easier, easier to bear

You won't regret it, no, no
Young girls they never forget it
Love is their only happiness
But it's all so easy
All you gotta do is try a little tenderness

Oh, she may be weary
Young girls they do get weary
Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yeah yeah
But when she gets weary
Try a little tenderness, yeah yeah

You know she's waiting
Just anticipating
For things that she'll never, never, never, never possess, yeah
But while she's there waiting, without them
Try a little tenderness (that's all you gotta do)

It's not just sentimental, no, no, no
She has her grief and care

But the soft words they are spoke so gentle, yeah
It makes it easier, easier to bear, yeah

You won't regret it, no, no
Some girls they don't forget it
Love is their only happiness, yeah
But it's all so easy
All you gotta do is try, try a little tenderness

Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her
You've got, you've got, you've got
Just try a little tenderness, oh yeah yeah yeah

Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her
You've got, you've got, you've got
Just try a little tenderness, oh yeah yeah yeah

Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her
You've got, you've got, you've got
Just try a little tenderness, oh yeah yeah yeah

Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her
You've got, you've got, you've got
Just try a little tenderness, oh yeah yeah yeah

Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her
You've got, you've got, you've got
Just try a little tenderness, oh yeah yeah yeah

Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her
You've got, you've got, you've got
Just try a little tenderness, oh yeah yeah yeah

She may be weary
Women do get weary
Wearing the same shabby dress
And when she's weary
Try a little tenderness

Uuh she may be waiting
Just anticipating
Things she may never possess
And while she's without them
Try a little tenderness

It's not just sentimental
She has her grief
And her care
But a word
So soft and gentle
Makes it easier
To bear

You won't regret it
Women don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
And it's all so easy
Try a little tenderness

But a word
Soft and gentle
Makes it easier
To bear

You won't regret it
Women don't forget it
Love is their whole happiness
And it's all so easy
Just try a little tenderness
You've gotta try

You've gotta hold her
You've got to squeeze her
You have to try
You've got to try
And always please her

You won't regret it
You won't regret it
Oh, try a little tenderness

oh she may be weary
them young girls they do get wearied
wearing that same old funky dress
but when she gets weary
you try a little tenderness
oh man that
un hunh
i know shes waiting
just anticipating
the thing that youl never never possess
no no no
but while she there waiting
try just a little bit of tenderness
thats all you got to do
now it might be a little bit sentimental no
but she has her greavs and care
but the soft words they are spoke so gentle
yeah yeah yeah
and it makes it easier to bear
oh she wont regret it
no no
them young girls they dont forget it
love is their whole happiness
yeah yeha yeah
but its all so easy
all you got to do is try
try a little tenderness
yeah
damn that hart (hard?)
all you got to do is know how to love her
you've got to
hold her
squeeze her
never leave her
now get to her
got got got to try a little tenderness
yeah yeah
lord have mercy now
all you got to do is take my advice
you've got to hold her
don't squeeze her
never leave her
you've got to hold her
and never
so you got to try a little tenderness
a little tenderness
a little tenderness
a little tenderness
you've got to
got to got to
you've gotta hold her
don't squeeze her
never leaver her
you got
got got got to
now now now
got got got to
try a little tenderness
yeah yeah
tenderness
tenderness
you got got got
you got to
hold her
squeeze her
never leave her
got got got got got got got
tenderness
oh yeah
tenderness
little tendernes
gotta lord you gotta hold her
squeeze her
never leave her
sock it sock it sock it sock it sock it sock it sock it
tenderness
got to
got to
try a little tenderness
a little tenderness X2
you gotta gotta you gotta
yeah gotta
oh lord
you gotta
hold her
squeeze
never leave
get to her
sock it to her
with a little tenderness
little tenderness
little tenderness
you gotta hold her
squeeze her
never leave
tenderness
little tenderness
tenderness

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Oh she may be weary
young girls they do get weary
wearing that same old funky dress
but ooh while she gets weary weary
won’t you try some ten—tenderness?

You know she’s there waitin’
and anticipatin’
for the thing she’ll never, never have
oh no no
ooh while she gets weary
won’t you try, oh try some tenderness?
mmmm hmmm

And I know it, hah,
sentimental no no, ah
she had lord, she had her grief and cares
but when ah, ha girl,
soft words were spoken
made it easier, easy girl, easier to bear

You know you won’t regret it, no ah
young girls they don’t forget it
lovin’ the same old, same old happiness yeah, ha yeah
ooh, while she gets weary weary
won’t you try, oh try some tenderness?
I feel good lord

You've got to hold her, squeeze her
never leave her
you got to
you got to
you got to try some tenderness
I feel good yeah
I feel good lord, ow yeah

You got to hold her, squeeze her
never leave her
you got to got to yeah you got to
try now try try try try some tenderness
In the morning you’ll feel good woah

You've got to hold her, squeeze her
never leave her,
ow, yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah yeah some tenderness
you've got to help me
I feel good lord

You got to hold her, squeeze her,
never leave her,
you got to
you got to
woah

you got to listen to me, oh now
you got to hold--
you got to hold her
squeeze her, never leave her . . .