Nancy Wilson › Lyrics › I Can't Make You Love Me

I can't make you love me

Turn down the lights, turn down the bed
Turn down these voices inside my head
Lay down with me and tell me no lies
Just hold me close and 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 that it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart 'tilI 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 and 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 until 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
'Cause you can't make your heart feel something it won't
Here in the dark, in these final hours
I will lay down my heart 'til feel the power

But you won't, no, you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't

Just let me hold you, baby, one more time
And maybe tonight I can change your mind
And make you love me like you did before
If you feel it in your heart you can't ignore it

Oh really baby, we can make this right
If you just give me one more night
I think that we're worth it and I feel we deserve it
If you feel that we don't have a chance then

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 final hours
I will lay down my heart 'til I feel the power

But you won't, no, you won't
'Cause I can't make you love me if you don't