I've Been Loving You Too Long

The I've Been Loving You Too Long Songfacts says that Redding wrote this with Jerry Butler ("For Your Precious Love," "Only the Strong Survive") in a Buffalo hotel room.

Letra de "Otis Redding - I've Been Loving You Too Long (1965) - Otis Redding - These arms of mine (1964) - Otis Redding - Try a Little Tenderness (1966)" [Parte 1] ...loving you too long, to stop now You are tired and you want to be free My love is growing stronger, as you become a habit to me Ohh, I've been loving you too long I don't wanna stop now With you my life has been so wonderful I can't stop now You are tired and your love is growing cold My love is growing stronger as our affair, affair grows old I've been loving you oh, too long I don't want to stop now, ohh, ohh, ohh I've been loving you a little too long I don't wanna stop now, ohh, ohh, ohh And don't make me... [Parte 2] ...mine They are lonely Lonely and feeling blue These arms of mine They are yearning Yearning from wanting you And if you Would let them hold you Oh, how grateful I will be These arms of mine They are burning Burning from wanting you These arms of mine They are wanting Wanting to hold you And if you Would let them hold you Oh, how grateful I will be [Parte 3] Oh, she may be weary Young girls they do get weary Wearing that same old shaggy dress, yeah yeah You know she's waiting Just anticipating For things that she'll never, never, never, never possess, yeah yeah But while she's there waiting, without them Try a little tenderness (that's all you gotta do) It's not just sentimental, no, no, no She has her grief and care, yeah yeah yeah But the soft words, they are spoke so gentle, yeah It makes it easier, easier to bear, yeah You won't regret it, no, no Some girls they don't forget it Love is their only happiness, yeah But it's all so easy All you gotta do is try, try a little tenderness, yeah All you gotta do is, man, hold her where you want her Squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave her Get to her, try, try Just try a little tenderness, ooh yeah yeah yeah You got to know how to love her, man, you'll be surprised, man You've got to squeeze her, don't tease her, never leave You've got to hold her and rub her softly Try a little tenderness, ooh yeah yeah yeah You've got to rub her gentle man, all you gotta do, no no You've got to love her, squeeze her, don't tease her Gotta try nah nah nah, try Try a little tenderness, yeah, watch her groove You've gotta to know what to do, man