I lie in the heat of the night
Feeling the heartache, wondering why
I want a friend to lay down beside me
I want a friend, I want her now
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
to hold me through the night
Touch me with your velvet mouth,
I will give all the love that I have
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
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?
there's a light in the desert tonight
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,
to hold you through the night
will hold you through the night