Tenderness On The Block Lyrics

 Mamma where's your pretty little girl tonight
 She's tryin' to run before she can walk
 That's right
 She's growing up
She's got a young man waiting
 She's growing up
She's got a young man waiting

 She's wide-eyed
She'll be streetwise
To the lies
 And the jive talk
 But she'll find true love
 And tenderness on the block

Now daddy don't you ask her when
 she's comin' home
 When she's back don't ask her where
she's been
She's going out
She's got a young man waiting
She's going out
She's got a young man waiting

She'll be okay
 Let her have her way
It's a long way
It's a long walk
 But she'll find true love
 And tenderness on the block
She's gonna find true love
She's gonna find true love
She's gonna find true love
 And tenderness on the block

 Now I know how much it hurts to see her go
But she's got a mind of her own you know
She's all grown-up
She's got a young man waiting
She's all grown-up
She's got a young man waiting

She was wide-eyed
 Now she's streetwise
To the lies
 And the jive talk
 But she'll find true love
 And tenderness on the block

She's gonna find true love