Tenderness On The Block Lyrics - Fat City - Shawn Colvin

Mamma, where's your pretty little girl tonight? 

She's tryin' to run before she can walk, that's right 

She's growin' up, she's got a young man waitin' 

She's growin' up, she's got a young man waitin' 

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, yeah 

Now daddy, don't you ask her when she's comin' home 

And when she's back, don't ask her where she's been, no, no 

She's goin' out, she's got a young man waitin', yeah 

She's goin' out, she's got a young man waitin', mmm, hmm 

And she'll be okay, let her have her way 

'Cause it's a long way, it's a long walk 

But she'll find true love, oh 

And tenderness on the block 

[Incomprehensible], she's gonna find true love 

She's gonna find true love 

She's gonna find true love 

And tenderness on the block, mmm, hey 

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 waitin' 

Oh, she's all grown-up, ain't got no young man waitin', no, no 

She was wide-eyed, now she's streetwise 

To the lies and the jive talk 

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 

Yes, she's gonna find true love, hey 

She's gonna find true love 

She's gonna find true love 

Oh, she's gonna find true love 

She's gonna find true love 

(Find true love) 

She's gonna find true love, mmm 

(Find true love) 

She's gonna find true love 

(Find true love) 

She's gonna find true love 

(Find true love) 

She's gonna find true love 

(She's gonna find true love) 

She's gonna find true love 

(She's gonna find true love) 

Guess what, she's gonna find true love 

(She's gonna find true love) 

She's gonna find true love, ooh 

(She's gonna find true love) 

She's gonna find true love 

(She's gonna find true love) 

She's gonna find true love 

(She's gonna find true love) 

Oh, she's gonna find true love 

(She's gonna find true love) 

She's gonna find true, true, true love 

(She's gonna find true love, she's gonna find true love) 

Oh yeah 

(She's gonna find true love)