I Can’t Make You Love Me - Bonnie Raitt
... - rebel discovering she’s a girl
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
‘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 final 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
... knowing she’s a girl, the rebel bought her a hairpin, but she speaks name of the other roommate
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
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 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
... long instrumental - loneliness of the rebel, ending with him telling the winner of the girl to not make her sad, then the rebel leaves the room for good
This tune has an interesting/unusual chord movement making it enjoyable to play.
I believe that’s Bruce Hornsby on piano. A classic case of someone who should just shut up and play.