It's just a mother's way to worry through the day Bout every little thing like falling off a swing When you are out at play The years slide quickly by the summers seem to fly And then you move along you break out on your own But you don't see her cry For a while she hides behind a smile But then her eyes reveal she worries still today Take her hand show her you understand A little tenderness will go a long long way And now the years have flown she's sitting all alone With all her photographs and memories of the past She's glad when you come home For a while she hides behind a smile But then her eyes reveal she worries still today Take her hand show her you understand A little tenderness will go a long long way For a while she hides behind a smile But then her eyes reveal she worries still today Take her hand show her you understand A little tenderness will go a long long way A little tenderness will go a long long way