Tender - Corinne

I hate tryna speak

With that lump in my throat

Crying on the phone

You don’t have to stay and listen, baby

It’ll pass by morning

I’ve just been so tender lately

You know my body’s been achin'

Since I turned nineteen I’ve become an old lady

I just wanna come to you at the end of the day

And tell you everything is alright

And, honey, you don’t have to see this through

I can make it up to you

Just give me some time

Everybody tells me that if I just sold my body

Then I could live a life that’s really mine

Show me the sound that the red-winged blackbird makes

Maybe I can hear it over all this goddamn noise

I’d take this pain, return it to the sender

I’m tired of always being so damn tender

You’ve been so brave

You’ve been carving a life

Transforming in plain sight

I can always make it about me

It’s what I do best

Am I really good for you baby?

And, honey, you don’t have to see this through

I can make it up to you

Just give me some time

Everybody tells me that if I just sold my body

Then I could live a life that’s really mine

Show me the sound that the red-winged blackbird makes

Maybe I can hear it over all this goddamn noise

I’d take this pain, return it to the sender

I’m tired of always being so damn tender

And what if I just lost it all?

Maybe it was wrong to search for more

Washed up naked on this godforsaken shore

But how could that be true

When everything that’s led me here

Led me to you

Show me the sound that the red-winged blackbird makes

Maybe I can hear it over all this goddamn noise

I’ll take this pain and finally surrender

I’m tired of always being so damn tender