Try a Little Tenderness
Artist:Paul Giamatti; Arnold McCuller
Album:Duets(Music from the Motion Picture)
Paul: Oh, she may be weary,
And young girls, they do get weary,
Wearin' that same ol' shaggy dress.
Andre: Yeah, yeah, yeah.
Paul: But when she gets a-weary,
Andre: She gets weary.
Paul: Try a little tenderness.
Andre: Tenderness.
Paul: Yeah, yeah.
Andre: Yay-eh-eah.
Paul: Hey, now.
Both: Now you know she’s waiting,
Just anticipating, for things
Paul: That she'll never,
Andre: Nev...
Paul: Never possess.
Andre: Never, never possess, no.
Paul: But while she’s there waiting,
Andre: Ooo, she's waiting,
Andre: Try a little tenderness.
That's all you gotta do.
Paul: It's not just sentimental, no, no, no.
Andre: No, no.
Paul: a-She has her grief and care,
Andre: Yay-eh-eah.
Paul: But the soft words,
Andre: Soft words,
Paul: They are spoke so gentle,
Andre: Wo-oh.
Paul: Makes it easier,
Andre: Easier,
Both: Easier to bear.
Both: Wo, now, you won’t regret it, no, no.
Young girls they don’t forget it,
Love is their only happiness, yeah.
Paul, laughing: Ha, ha, ha.
Andre: Yeah, yeah.
Paul: But it’s all so easy. All so easy.
Andre: All you gotta do is,
Try a little tenderness.
Paul: Try a little tenderness.
Andre: Yeah-eah, wo, yeah, heah, yeah.
Both: You got to squeeze her,
Don't tease her, never leave her.
Y'got to, got to, got to, gotta, got to, got to,
Try a little tenderness,
Paul: Hey, hey.
Andre: Hey, hey.
Paul: Yeah, yeah.
Andre: Yeah, yeah.
Paul: Hey, hey.
You got to squeeze her,
Don't tease her, never leave her.
Gotta/Wow/nana/wanna/ak-ow.
Paul: Try a little tenderness, yeah.
Andre: Yeah, yeah, oh, don't lose her.
Both: You got to squeeze her,
Don't tease her, never leave her.
Both, adlib: Zap/wow/never/down, etc.
Both: Try a little tendernes.
Pau: laughs and makes a fart noise with his mouth.
TRY A LITTLE TENDERNESS


Appears on: Duets Soundtrack (Various Artists)-20003.