i can´t make you love me þarký sözü

words & music: m. reid & a. shamblin

-- chantal has said this is one of her favorite songs to sing (along with carole king´s "(you make me feel like a) natural woman"), and she has called bonnie raitt, for whom this song was a hit in the early 90´s, "the godmother of singing-it-like-you-mean-it soul." the two women met during their overlapping stints with lilith fair 1998. these are the official lyrics and not accurate to the way chantal performs the song. --

turn down the lights, turn down the bed
turn down these voices inside my head
lay down with me, tell me no lies
just hold me close, don´t patronize (don´t patronize me)

cause i can´t make you love me if you don´t
you can´t make your heart feel something it won´t
here in the dark, in these lonely hours
i will lay down my heart and i´ll feel the power
but you won´t, no, you won´t
cause i can´t make you love me if you don´t

i´ll close my eyes, then i won´t see
the love you don´t feel when you´re holding me
morning will come and i´ll do what´s right
just give me till then to give up this fight (and i will give up this fight)

cause i can´t make you love me if you don´t
you can´t make your heart feel something it won´t
here in the dark, in these lonely hours
i will lay down my heart and i´ll feel the power
but you won´t, no, you won´t
cause i can´t make you love me if you don´t