A Plea for Tenderness (Live)

Hey girls, do you hate men? Do you hate the earth? Well I still see tenderness in your face And innocence straight from infant days And there must be tenderness deep inside You're so cold, but it shows You told me about school I only want to know about you And it hurts me now And it scares me now And now you know But if you care about me (Tell me now) If I'm better than the wall (Tell me now) And if it's important when I touch your hand Then you'd better Tell me now Well Now, i've just read some writers From the old days Because I knew, I knew that they'd understand Because dignity, dignity and tenderness should apply To modern romance So i don't wanna know, I'm just not interested in you're school So i don't wanna know, I don't wanna hear about you're stupid cats (Or you're homework) Just talk about love, or sex, or starving hearts, or just shut up And I'll go But If you care about me (Tell me now) If I'm better than the wall (Tell me now) And if it's important when I touch you're hand (Tell me now) And if it's important when I come to you're kitchen When it's late at night And when it's cold at night When it's dark outside When it's cold outside I wanna know if it's important when I touch your hand When you're all alone (Tell me now) If you really want to talk to me (Tell me now) And if you're lookin for a lover (Tell me now) I mean, if you need a lover (Tell me now) If you're ready to be honest with a lover (Tell me now) If it's important when you're alone at night And when it's cold at night and when it's dark at night When it's cold outside when it's sad outside And when I'm sad outside, by the streetlight By your house and near your kitchen door I'm stumped because I'm scared Because I'm sad Because it's cold at night Because it's dark at night And I'm alone at night I'm so sad and I'm so scared And I want to know, if you'll tell me If you care about me Then if you care about yourself And if you'll stop taking drugs And if you'll stop bein so hard And if you'll stop being hard to talk to And if you'll let me come inside And I can talk to you When it's dark at night And when it's sad at night And alone at night I don't want to be alone at night (Tell me now) I don't want to be sad at night (Tell me now) I want to help you When it's cold outside When you're all around When it's sad outside I want you to tell me now I can't wait another day You gotta hurry I can't wait another minute It's now or never It's now or never You gotta tell You gotta tell You can't hide Or take drugs Or cigarettes Or dark outside Or cats Or these other things that you use So I can't see you clear I want to see you clear I want to talk to you now You've got to be honest now You've got to tell me now If you care about me Tell me now Wait a minute Wait a minute I want to say, I want to say somethin else now Wait a minute I want to show you that I understand you now (This is the guy talkin to the girlfriend) He's gonna show you, he's gonna show you that he understands the deepest darkest parts When he says ... He says I know how beautiful death is And I know why you hate life But I'm just a tender soul So be glad you know I want to tell ya That all men are just tender souls And be glad that you know