Let me down slow and easy 

Cause there ain't nothin' I can do 

I hope and pray my faith won't leave me 

When it comes down to me and you 



Try a little tenderness 

I die a little 

For a long lost sweet caress 



You lyin' next to me 

Fulfilled some destiny 

I wanna cry 

But I breathe a sigh 



Just a little bit of letting go 

I don't want you to know 

I wanna cry 

But I breathe a sigh 



Overflow of emotion 

And a hurt that'll never heal 

If you close the door forever 

The fate of pain is sealed 



Try a little tenderness 

I die a little 

For a long lost sweet caress 



I more than long for your affection 

I tell you know that ain't so 

Not even gentle persuasion 

Is ever gonna let me go 

Won't you let me breathe