Lyrics to
Tenderness On The Block

This version of Tenderness On The Block was released by Warren Zevon in 1978.

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Mama, where’s your pretty little girl tonight
Trying to run before she can walk – that’s right
She’s growing up
She has a young man waiting
She’s growing up
She has a young man waiting
Wide eyes
She’ll be street-wise
To the lies
And the jive talk
She’ll find true love
And tenderness on the block

Daddy, don’t you ask her when she’s coming in
And when she’s home don’t ask her where she’s been
She’s going out
She has a young man waiting
She’s going out
Can’t keep her young man waiting
She’ll be okay
Let her have her day
It’s a long way
It’s a long walk
She’ll find true love
And tenderness on the block

I know how much it hurts to see her go
She has a mind of her own, you know
She’s all grown up
She has a young man waiting
She’s all grown up
She has a young man waiting
She was wide-eyed
Now she’s street-wise
To the lies
And the jive talk
She’ll find true love
And tenderness on the block
She’ll find true love
And tenderness on the block

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About Lyrics and Tenderness On The Block by Warren Zevon

The lyrics to Tenderness On The Block are just the words, phrases, verses and chorus that Warren Zevon used when the song was created in 1978. The lyrics to Tenderness On The Block have both easy-to-spot meanings and hidden metaphors that have been discussed by the music press and fans, but only Warren Zevon and any collaborators know all of the inspirations for the song.

If you like etymology or breaking apart phrases and words, it is easy to understand the lyrics to Tenderness On The Block by Warren Zevon. The word "lyric" itself derives from the Latin word lyricus, with the actual English word lyrics applied to the definition "words set to music" listed in Stainer and Barrett's 1876 Dictionary of Musical Terms. Continuing the chain, the Latin word lyricus derives from the Greek word λυρικός or lyrikós. This somewhat means "poetry accompanied by the lyre" or "words set to music." You can easily see that by looking at the background of the word lyric, that the "lyrics to Tenderness On The Block" means the words set to the music of Tenderness On The Block, or poetry accompanied by the lyre played by Warren Zevon. The singular form "lyric" is still used to mean the complete words to a song. However, the singular form lyric is also commonly used to refer to a specific line (or phrase) within a song's lyrics. Hence, by this analysis of word structure, you could say that the lyric to Tenderness On The Block and the lyrics to Tenderness On The Block are both one and the same thing. None of this talk about the word Lyrics is really relevant to fans of Warren Zevon who came here looking just for the lyrics to Tenderness On The Block, but we feel it is still fun to learn what's behind commonly used words and lyrics in songs.

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