[Intro: Babyface]
Oh
Woo
Ah yeah
Tender lover
Everybody

Oh, oh, oh
Oh, oh, oh
Tender lover
Tender love

[Verse 1: Babyface]
Eleanor Rigby spends half her life all alone
No fault of her own
Made a decision
Love has no place in her home
Love had nowhere to go

[Pre-Chorus: Babyface]
Love has no limit
If you believe in love it'll open up, so
Don't ever give in
'Cause if it starts to give just hold on
We didn't make it
Love'll get you by if you only try
Just don't give up on love 'cause it didn't work out this time
[Chorus: Babyface]
Tender lover
Girl, I'm so sorry
Well, I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to break your heart
Tender lover
So brokenhearted
Well, I never meant to break your
Break your little tender heart

[Post-Chorus: Babyface]
My tender lover
Hoo

[Verse 2: Babyface]
Don't ever give up in spite of our love
Love is much too precious
It's greater than both of us
There's more than enough
Keep looking for love
Just be a believer
It'll give you what you want

[Pre-Chorus: Babyface]
Sky is the limit
If you believe in love it'll open up, so
Don't ever give in
'Cause if it starts to give just hold on
We didn't make it
Love'll get you by if you only try
Just don't give up on love 'cause it didn't work out
Said it didn't work out this time
[Chorus: Babyface]
Tender lover
Girl, I'm so sorry
Well, I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to break your heart
Tender lover
So brokenhearted
Well, I never meant to break your
Break your little tender heart

[Verse 3: Bobby Brown, Babyface]
Now squeeze my, my lovely tender lover
When I'm undercover
I'm not like any other brother
Like 'Face, he's nothing like the man Bob
And like Tide, he's giving you a wash job (What?)
Hung you out to drip-dry
I'll never do that to ya, 'cause you're too fly
And when I saw ya, I scoped you like a veteran
He shouldn'ta broke your heart and been a better man

[Bridge: Babyface, Bobby Brown]
L.A., get Bob outta here!
Ayo, man; come on, man
Get him outta here!
Heart and Soul
L.A., get him out!
Let's go
Now!
Oh, oh, oh; oh oh oh, oh baby
Tender lover, lover, lover, lover

[Pre-Chorus: Babyface]
Love ain't a limit
You believe in love it'll open up, so
Don't ever give in
'Cause if it starts to give, hold on
We didn't make it
Love'll get you by if you only try
Just don't give up on love 'cause it didn't work out
Said it didn't work out this time

[Chorus: Babyface]
Tender lover
Girl, I'm so sorry
Well, I never meant to hurt you
I never meant to break your heart
Tender lover
So brokenhearted
Well, I never meant to break your
Break your little tender heart

[Outro: Babyface]
Didn't know your all-in tender lover, baby
Didn't know your all-in tender love
(Never meant to break your heart. Tender lover.)
Didn't know your all-in tender lover, baby
Didn't know your all-in tender love

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Tender lover, tender love)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Tender lover, tender love)

Don't ever give up, in spite of our love
Never, ever, never, ever
Don't ever give up, in spite of our love
Never, ever, never, ever

Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Tender lover, tender love)
Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oh
(Tender lover, tender love)

*stutter* Tender love
*stutter* Tender love