作曲：James Campbell/Reginald Connelly/Harry Woods

Oh she may get weary

Them young girls they do get wearied

Wearing that same old shaggy dress yeah

But when she gets weary try a little tenderness

Oh baby mmm

You know she's waiting just anticipating

The thing that you'll

never never never never possess yeah

But while she's waiting and 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 yeah yeah yeah

But the soft words

they are spoke so gentle yeah yeah

It makes it easier easier to bear yeah yeah yeah

You won't regret it no

Young girls they don't forget it

Love is their whole

happiness yeah yeah yeah 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 gotta try try a little tenderness oh yeah

You got to know how to love her man get to her

You've got to squeeze her

don't tease her never leave

You've got to hold her rub some

Try a little tenderness yeah yeah

You've got to rub against her man get to her

Don't bruise her no no

Squeeze her don't leave her squeeze her baby

You've gotta nah nah nah nah try

Try a little tenderness oh yeah

Squeeze her don't tease her never leave her

Try try try yeah

Tenderness oh yeah

you've got to you've got to yeah

Rub against her man don't bruise her no no

You've got to love her treat her squeeze her

Yeah try a little tenderness