Listen to Try a Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me (Live at the Copacabana, NYC, July 1964) by Sam Cooke

Try a Little Tenderness / (I Love You) For Sentimental Reasons / You Send Me (Live at the Copacabana, NYC, July 1964)

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Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS

Sam Cooke

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COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Sam Cooke

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Woods

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Campbell

Composer

Connelly

Composer

Watson

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Best

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I ain't gonna do it, honey, no

I ain't gonna do it

Oh, I'll never, never

I'll never, never, never, never, never treat you wrong, darling

La la la la la ta da, la ta da da, la ta da

La ta da da da, la ta da da da

La la la la la

No, no

It's time to sing something sweet and soft

Like something sort of sentimental right now, I know

I know, I know, I know, I know

I know, I know, I know, I know

I know you know that I know you know that I know

I know I'm telling y'all I know

Ladies and gentlemen

We'd like to–, right now

Right now, we'd like to put together a medley, medley of songs

For all the, all the, all the gentlemen in the house tonight, all the gentlemen

Because by observation, we found out that we, gentlemen

Every now and then have a tendency to sort of neglect the ladies

So I tried, observation, baby, you know

So take it, gentlemen, take it

Here's what we want to tell you, let's just

Says very simply that look

Oh, she may be weary

Women do get weary wearing the same shabby dress

And oh, if she gets weary, try a little tenderness

Lord, let me tell all you fellas that I know you won't regret it

Women don't forget it, love is their whole happiness

And oh, it's all so easy, try a little tenderness

And every now and then you have to tell her, honey, I love you

Oh, I love you, I love you, I love you, I love you for them sentimental reasons

Tell her, I hope you do believe me, I've given you my heart

Can't you understand that I love you, I love you, honey, I love you, I love you?

And you alone, you were, you were meant for me

Tell her, darling, give your loving heart to me

Tell me we'll never, never, never, never, never part

And also you have to tell her, darling, you send me

You send me

Tell her you, baby, you, you send me

Honest you do, honest you do, honest you do

I know, I know, I know that you thrill me, darling

Oh, you thrill me, I wouldn't tell you if I didn't mean it, that works

You thrill me, honest you do, and oh yeah, but look

Oh, tell her at first I thought it was infatuation, but ooh

It's lasted so long, but now I find myself wanting

I want to marry you and take you home

I know, I know, I know, I know

But oh, whenever I'm with you, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know, I know

And I'm, when I'm near you, you send me

Honest you do

Written by: Best, Campbell, Connelly, Sam Cooke, Watson, Woods

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