First I rise, then I fall

Seems like you don't want the love

Of this man at all

And it's sure been a lonely time

Right up to the time I met you

So if you take a love like mine



Be tender with my love;

You know how easy it is to hurt me

Fanny, be tender with my love,

'Cause it's all that I've got

And my love won't desert me



So you say to yourself, boy,

You're out of your brain;

Do you think I'm gonna stand here

All night in the rain?

And it's the start of a love affair

The moment when I first met you

And if you want I'll take you there;



Be tender with my love;

You know how easy it is to break me

Fanny, be tender with my love,

'Cause it's all that I've got

And my love won't forsake me.



With my love,

Our love will seal it together.

Oh, with our love,

You made a promise

You'll always love me forever.