I’ve been trying too hard, to make you love me.
I’ve been straining my heart, to make you want me.
My eyes are too bright.
My smile is too white.
Oh, what will I do, if I make you love me?

I used to stand so tall. Now I’m down on my knees.
I used to be a mountain baby. Now I’m under your seas.
I’m diving down deep.
Making promises I can’t keep.
Oh, what will I do, if I make you love me?

CH:
Baby, I’ve got miles to go. I can’t just lie down with you and sleep.
I’ve got promises to another life that I have got to keep.
Oh, why can’t I let you be beautiful and free?
Why must I make you give up everything, just to make you love me?

2nd CH:
I’m just a sucker baby, for a woman’s proud power.
I’m drawn to your strength like a bee to a flower.
Why can’t I let you be beautiful and free?
Why must I make you give up everything, just to love me?

Oh, I should turn away when I see you come walking by.
I shouldn’t see you coming, I shouldn’t meet your eye.
I should put up a fight.
I shouldn’t hold you so tight.
Oh, what will I do, if I make you love me?