Intro: Oh 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 And I need tender hands to take me all the way to paradise And 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 shadows 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 And then, when it's over I need tender hands to hold me through the night A 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 And I need tender hands, give me tender hands I need tender hands all over, give me tender hands all night 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 And then, when it's over I have tender hands to hold you through the night I have tender hands to hold you through the night Give me tender hands I want your tender hands