Tender When I Want to Be

"Tender When I Want to Be"
Single by Mary Chapin Carpenter
from the album Stones in the Road
B-side"John Doe No 24"
ReleasedDecember 5, 1994
GenreCountry
Length2:54
LabelColumbia
Songwriter(s)Mary Chapin Carpenter
Producer(s)
Mary Chapin Carpenter singles chronology
"Shut Up and Kiss Me"
(1994)
"Tender When I Want to Be"
(1994)
"House of Cards"
(1995)

"Tender When I Want to Be" is a song written and recorded by American country music artist Mary Chapin Carpenter. It was released in December 1994 as the second single from her album Stones in the Road. The song reached number 6 on the Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks chart in February 1995.[1]