When you brought me flowers Then I should've told you Just how much you pleased me But instead I murmured Just a very polite "I thank you kindly." For all your kind and thoughtful ways I never took the time to think of you You needed tender words. Tender words, of love Each day that we spent together Should've been a new joy and sensation To make my world a happy place Was your only thought and inspiration But I was not a giver, just a taker, Without a thought of you Where were my tender words. Tender words, of love Now that you're not with me My days no longer hold your sweet surprises And more than that my lonely nights Remind me that you once laid beside me Words come back to haunt me Those silent words I always meant to say Unspoken tender words. Tender words, of love