Janis Ian — I Want to Make You Love Me

[Verse 1] Friendly stranger Look what you do to me Smiling faces and I melt inside Singing praises of your company I wanna lay me down Stay all through the night [Pre-Chorus 1] You are too good to be Wholly and totally mine You are too good to be Slipping away like wine And I'm waiting, praying Skating on the edge of the line Let me down easy Let me down easy [Chorus] I wanna make you love me And I wanna make you smile And I wanna be your family Just a little while [Verse 2] I get frightened By the thunder And the lightning roars like a bullet in the pourin' rain I get heightened by your wondering arms Lay me down Do it all over again [Pre-Chorus 2] You are too good to be Wholly and totally mine You are slipping away And I'm making you stay And I'm waiting for the sun to shine I go rolling down the incline Holding on a lifeline Stopping on the edge of a dime Let me down easy Let me down easy [Chorus] I wanna make you love me And I wanna make you smile And I wanna be your family Just a little while [Chorus] I wanna make you love me And I wanna make you smile And I wanna be your family Just a little whi-i-ile