I Can't Make You Love Me Lyrics

Lyric discussion by GeorginaMansley 

Cover art for I Can't Make You Love Me lyrics by Bonnie Raitt

This song was inspired by a news article about a man who got drunk and shot up his girlfriend's car. When the judge asked him if had learned anything from the experience he replied, "I learned, Your Honor, that you can't make a woman love you if she don't."

He doesn't love me, and I can't make him if he don't.