Home      News      Songs      Albums      Notes      Events      Contact      Photos      Guestbook Roger Nelson Tender Resignation Metadata Song Length 3:44 Primary Genre Folk-Contemporary Secondary Genre - Tempo / Feel Medium (111 - 130) Lead Vocal Male Vocal Language English Era 1990 - 1999 Credits Lyric Credits Roger Nelson Music Credits Roger Nelson Producer Credits Brett Huss, Sounstrations Records, Inc. Story Behind the Song: Sometimes it seems like a whole song resides right there in a word or two, and all you have to do is open something up - and out it comes. I often thought that the phrase "to tender your resignation" was a curious construction. When I switched the verb b Lyrics Tender Resignation This is my tender resignation. Can it be a dignified goodbye? It's an unpredictable occasion. This is the acid in the lye. We could go around like this forever When we get to the bottom, we take it from the top We look so foolish when we try to be clever I guess we never learned how to stop This has been a long time in the making This has had sufficient time to grow If we don't cut these roots, they'll be taking over You get a bitter harvest when you plant a bitter row If we want to face into the future First we've got to face up to the facts We've been wearing so many faces We can't tell our features from the mask So I'll just put this on the table I guess we're old enough to see If we can take a little pain, we'll be able To cut our losses, and cut each other free I know it's hard to give up on a vision But it's gone beyond a shadow of a doubt We just have to come to a decision To open up a new life, and close the old one out So this is my tender resignation Can it be a dignified goodbye It's a unpredictable occasion This is the acid in the lye This is the acid in the lye This is the acid in the lye