Tenderness On the Block

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)