how at the journey's end
I lie in the heat of the night
Feeling the heartache, wondering why
I want a friend,
I want a friend to lay down beside me
I want a friend, I want her now
Someone who knows what
I mean when I say
That I need tender hands to hold me
I need tender hands tonight
Will you lay them on my shoulders?
Will you lay them on my eyes?
That I need tender hands to take me
All the way to paradise
Then, when it's over,
I need tender hands
to hold me through the night
Touch me with your velvet mouth,
I will give all the love that I have
Under the moonlight
Reaching your heart
Where are you now?
Where are you now?
Come out of the shadow
Where are you now?
I want you now
You know that I cannot
always be strong
And I need tender hands to hold me
I need tender hands tonight
Will you lay them on my shoulders?
Will you lay them on my eyes?
And I need tender hands to take me
All the way to paradise
Then, when it's over,
I tend not to hold me through the night
I am only a voice in a city of noise,
can you hear me this time?
I see the storm grow,
there's a light in the desert tonight
Give me tender arms,
give me tender arms
Will you lay them on my shoulders?
Oh, give me tender hands,
take me all the way to paradise
And then, when it's over,
I'll use tender hands
to hold you through the night
Darling, my tender hands
will hold you through the night
I want your tender hand
You have a tender hand
When you're on your own,
just take my hand