Oh she may be weary Them young girls they do get wearied

Artist - Otis Redding
Song of the day - Try a little Tenderness

I think most of us are running on shorter fuses than usual.

We’re stressed, we’re scared, we’re kind of helpless to an extent knowing we
still have such a long way to still go. The word weary came to mind and then
this song did as well.

Being a child of the 80’s the “Pretty in Pink” Duckie
version of this song impregnated my mind and forever gave me a love for quirky
boys, record stores and Otis Redding…maybe not in that order. And I just love
how this song starts off so tender and then by the end it’s like dance shouting
an anthem, pleading for tenderness, and I was like yep that’s exactly how I
feel right now.

And I love this live taping of the song that Redding comes
out for like three encores mid song that’s just basically pleading “got ta got
ta got ta” and the crowd is losing their minds over it. They feel it and they
want that feeling so badly. I think we’re at the same kind of tipping point.
And hopefully it’s tipping more towards tender than frantic. So if you’re in
need for some dance shouting or just a little tenderness, this one’s for you.

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Oh she may be weary
Them young girls they do get wearied
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
The thing that you'll never, never, never, never possess, yeah, yeah
But while she's there waiting
Without them try a little tenderness
That's all you got to 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
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, yeah, yeah

But it's all so easy
All you got to do is try
Try a little tenderness
Yeah
All you got to do is, man, hold her when you wanna
Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her
Get to her, got, got, got to try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah
You got to know how to love her, man
Don't be surprised, man
You got to squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave
You got to hold her, brother, something, man
Try a little tenderness, yeah, yeah, yeah
You got to grab her gently, man
Don't bruise her, no, no
You got to love her, tease her, don't squeeze her
You got to try, na na na na na
Try, try a little tenderness, yeah
Watch her groove
You got to know what to do, man
Take this advice
You gotta love, squeeze, don't tease

Source: LyricFind

Songwriters: Jimmy Campbell / Reg Connelly / Harry M. Woods

Try a Little Tenderness lyrics © Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC