Tendernessgeneral publicaaahh, aaah, aah, oh!aaahh, aaah, aah, oh!i don't know where to start or where to stopmy lucks like a buttoni can't stop pushing itmy head feels lightbut i'm still in the darkseems like without tenderness there's something missingchorus: tenderness, where is thetenderness, where is iti don't know where i am but i know i don't like iti open my mouth and out pops something spitefulwords are so cheapbut they can turn out expensivewords like conviction can turn into a sentencei held your handsrings but none on that fingerwe danced and dancedbut i was scared to go much further with itjust half a chancemake sure that one night you're here butnext night you're notit always leaves me searching for a littletenderness, tenderness, tenderness, where is the tendernesswhistling in the graveyardcalling up your girlfriendjust trying to make her understandyou're squeezing the telephone like it was her handno questionso many questionsshe's going to catch you out boyit all seems so underhandnow she's the only thing that ever made you feel like a man, manmadman madmanwhere is the tenderness, where is the tenderness, where is itrepeat 3rd versetenderness, tenderness, tendernesswhere is the tendernesswhen you're sick to death of second best, petwhy should the morning always find you unimpressed?is your love like a button?you can't stop pushing it?oh this all night longing can be such a long time