[Verse 1]

I ain't always right there with you

Even when I'm in the room

Don't say the things you need to hear enough

Like I'm supposed to

[Pre-Chorus]

I'm beggin' for your patience, longin' to embrace you

Heaven knows we haven't done this in awhile

[Chorus]

I can't help the way that I grew up

The only love I've ever known was tough

Sometimes a rough around the edges man

The kind with calloused hands

But tonight, I'll be tender enough

To make you cry

[Verse 2]

You'd ever know how proud it makes me

Just to watch you sleep

I still can't believe at the end of these two arms

Is all I've ever dreamed

[Pre-Chorus]

And every day I'm saved, humbled by your grace

And the peace in knowin' that you understand

[Chorus]

I can't help the way that I grew up

The only love I've ever known was tough

Sometimes a rough around the edges man

The kind with calloused hands

But tonight, I'll be tender enough

To make you cry

[Outro]

Sometimes a rough around the edges man

The kind with calloused hands

But tonight, I'll be tender enough

To make you cry

Just tender enough

To make you cry