Laurika Rauch

For a little tenderness

For a little tenderness
I'd give you diamonds
which the devil caresses
in my treasure chest.

Why do you think, my love,
does a sailor in port
turn out his pockets
to offer his silver
to phoney princesses?
For a little tenderness!

For a little tenderness
I'd change the way I look
I'd change my drunken habits
I'd change the way I talk.

Why do you think, my love,
that while singing their songs
emperors and singers
often throw away
riches and power?
For a little tenderness!

For a little tenderness
at my summer's end
I'd offer you what's left of
the days of my youth

How else can you explain
why, of everything I do,
every song is meant for you,
all the old and all the new,
and these I'd give you
for a little tenderness!

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