Oh, she may be weary And 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 The things that she'll never, never, never, never possesses, yeah 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 her care But the soft words, they are spoke so gentle It makes it easier, easier to bear, yeah 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 yeah, yeah Oh yeah Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her You've got to, you've got to, you've got to, you've got to Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her You've got to, you've got to, you've got to, you've got to Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah You've got to squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her You've got to, you've got to, you've got to Yeah, a little tenderness, oh, tenderness, yeah, yeah You've got to squeeze her, don't you tease her, never leave her You've got to, you've got to, you've got, you've got to Try a little tenderness, yeah, oh, woah Baby, you've got, you've got to Squeeze her, don't you tease her, never leave her You've got to, you've got to, you've got to Try a little tenderness, yeah, oh baby You've got to squeeze her, never leave her You've got to, you've got to, you've got to Got to, got to, got to, got to Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah, oh yeah, yeah

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

She may be weary Women do get weary Wearing the same shabby dress And when she's weary Try a little tenderness You know she's waiting Just anticipating things She may never possess While she's without them Try a little tenderness It's not just sentimental She has her grief and care And the word that's soft and gentle Makes it easier to bear You won't regret it Women don't forget it Love is their whole happiness It's all so easy Try a little tenderness And you won't regret it Women don't forget it Love is their whole happiness It's all so easy 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 Try a little tenderness, oh, oh, oh I may be waiting, just anticipating All of the things I may never possess, hmm But while I'm waiting, try a little Try a little tenderness Now I may be, I may be sentimental But I wanna say that I've had my griefs Oh, and I've had my cares And just a good word, soft and gentle Makes it, makes it easier Easier to bear Now, I might forget it Oh, but don't let me forget it Love's all my whole, whole happiness Hmm and it's so, so easy Try a little Oh, try a little tenderness Tender, tender, tenderness