Tender Touch

Trouble with the renegade
This ain't the way to heaven's gate
Can't make it on the ball field
I like that kinda girl
But Mama can't deal
With fighting it out before school
Forced to eat their golden rules
Sneaking out with the car keys
Not a lot of fun being father of me

Was it the tender touch or the iron hand?
Teenage rebellion as it fired back
I turned away from all you'd become
Now look at that, we are as one

Money for the big date
Pedal metal burn the brakes
Eatin' in the back seat
Up with the windows, down on the knees
So bail me out of jail, man
It's nothin' but the latest fad
Can't you see where I'm at?
Oh, I know, I know it seems stupid
But I like it like that

Was it the tender touch or the iron hand?
Teenage rebellion as it fired back
I turned away from all you'd become
Now look at that, we are as one

I'm just like you, and I
And the ones gone before
And the one that's now mine
Through life, through time
You're here with me now
Here with me now, so deep inside
So deep inside

Was it the tender touch or the iron hand?
Teenage rebellion as it fired back
I turned away from all you'd become
Now look at that, we are as one

Just like you