Tendershoot

Tendershoot

Mystic splendor, tendershoot.

Drinking wine or cheap vermouth.

Glad the day is at an end.

Looking for a special friend.

Take you out of your misery,

make you feel like you want to be.

It’s just an illusion, girl.

to make your head spin and whirl.

When you wake up and remember the pain.

The whole illusion will start again.

Tendershoot,

You were meant to grow

into the rose that we all know.

If you could see what lives inside.

The girl that you are trying to hide.

You may be just a weed again.

A crack in the sidewalk is where you begin.

Tendershoot, I will watch you glow.

You’ve got a beautiful spirit

and beautiful soul.

You don’t need the drink or drugs

to make you feel that you are loved.

Girl, you’ve been loved

right from the start.

Baby, you’re close to my heart.