Bonnie Raitt - I Can’t Make You Love Me - Lyrics

verse:
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 me

chorus:
i can’t make you love me if you don’t
you can’t make your heart feel
somethin’ it wont
here in the dark,in these final hours
i will lay down my heart
and feel the power if you wont
no you wont
cuz i can’t make you love me
if you don’t

verse:
i’ll close my eyes
then i wont see
the love you dont feel
when your holdin’ me
morning will come
and i’ll do whats right
just give me till then
to give up this fight
and i will give up this fight

Beautiful Lyrics Xxxx

Hi Hope - are you feeling a little better? I don’t know what time of the day or night it is down there but I guess you have been to work. I hope the meanies weren’t too horrid. I have been sooo busy today - I like that. I think me and Chloe have fallen out - it’s all very silly really. Just wanted you to know that even if I don’t post much I still review your posts and am always here if you need to chat. I have had a goodish day today. I love working hard like today and seeing my friends in Court appeciating that I am doing all I can to make their life easier. I am trying to sort my finances at the moment - it’s hard work and painful but I know that if this works I will be in such a better place. It’s the same for everyone I know but I do think that single blokes, who have no kids, who work and own their own place are particularly hard hit. Is it the same where you are ?
Anyway hope you are ok and remember that you are not alone.
Jxxxx

Jamie,
Thank you so much for thinking of me. Guess what? I told the black dog to leave me alone last night, and I think that he is a bit scared of me at the moment. Yes,  I did go into work today unwillingly, but didn’t see any meanies today… am so happy about that. I guess that some of the meanies took a take off, and couldn’t be bothered to come in I suppose. Can’t promise for tomorrow though, but I can only do what I can do, right?! Fingers crossed for tomorrow :-0
Good luck on rearrangeing your finance. Hope you are doing OK… Yeah, GFC has pretty much hit us globally everywhere, but things are looking up.
I don’t really know what happened between you and Chloe, but if I could say this… You and Chloe are two amazing amazing beautiful people that I have met on the forum here, and I respect you both equally.
Wish me luck tomorrow, Jamie, and once again, thank you for your love and support!!!
btw, I slept OK last night, too. GO AWAY, BLACK DOG, I AM NOT SCARED OF YOU!!! I literary started kicking him by using both of my legs…

Hope

Dear Hope, your post about literally kicking the black dog made me giggle.  Go girl!  Kick that black dog into touch.  Goodness Hope, you are doing all the right things I would think to be rid of him (I wonder why I refer to the black dog as a him?  Hmmm!  I hope no man takes that personally).  He can be persistent but surely he is going to give up VERY SOON.  You are amazing Hope.  It sounds like you’ve been having an incrediby hard time.  Why is it that when you feel you have enough on your plate personally, something else comes along into the mix to make things more difficult!?  Bless the universe heh!  Although it sounds like it’s very painful, I do hope that you are congratulating yourself with a pat on the bag or a bit of retail therapy, which I know you are partial to along the way,  as you’re facing it and getting through it!  Hang on in there Hope.  From where I am sitting it looks like you’re through the worst of it.  I do very much hope so and I know you do too.  Sending you lots of positive thoughts and a protective shield to guard you from the meanie’s bad auras.  They must be very unhappy these meanies don’t you think?  To inflict such misery on others they must be miserable inside.  Happiness shows I think.  Work on the one who matters and that’s you. Thinking of you.  Helen

Hi Jamie, sounds like you are working hard at sorting the things out that have been worrying you most so hopefully very soon you will be feeling good.  Saying that you seem to be doing pretty well, with the odd blip that you face and get through every time.  I am sorry to hear that you think you and Chloe have ‘fallen out’.  Chloe seems to be going through a very difficult time.  A split from a husband of a long time is never easy and she has a child to him.  Knowing how sensitive Chloe is, that must be tearing her apart.  She also has her wee daughter whom she will no doubt be very worried about in all of this.  If something has happened between you two, I imagine and hope for her sake that Chloe is doing what she feels she can manage at the moment.  She has given so much to all of us.  It’s finally a chance for us to try to give back to her and support her like she’s tried to suppport all of us.  Thinking about you Jamie.  You are a very special man and we love having you on the site.  You make us laugh, think and empathise.  Thank you.  Have a good week and take care of yourself.  Helen

Dear Chloe, reading through your posts and knowing how sensitive and caring you are, the split from your husband and worrying about your beautiful daughter must be very hard for you right now.  You have given SO MUCH to us all here and I want you to know that we are always here for you.  Please reach out to us if we can do anything.  If not and you prefer to focus, our thoughts and love are with you.  You are the most amazing, caring and clever woman.  Do what’s right for you and your daughter right now.  Sending you lots of love and strength.  Helen

Hope - am so pleased to hear you sounding so much better - brilliant ! They say that when faced with an angry dog you should stand perfectly still and stare it out. Have tried that and it works - speaking as a one legged one armed man with serious facial injuries ! Dogs don’t generally like me much - they sense my fear ! It’s the same with horses I think. I would so love to learn to ride but I would be terrified - not of falling off but of the horse suddenly throwing his head up and butting me in the face. My greatest sporting heroes are jockeys - totally fearless.
Yes the financial thing has been such a worry for me for years but since I finally took my head out of the sand a couple of weeks ago and realised how bad things were I have felt so much better. Have taken some excellent advice and am bit by bit getting it sorted. I am actually quite enjoying the challenge of this as I know it will make such a difference to my life when I don’t have to worry so much about it. To actually see and be able to spend my wages will be amazing compared to continually living on an overdraft and credit.
Anyway - glad you are okayish. Chin up and hang in there. Jxxx

Helen - thank you I am fine really.See my post to Hope. Financial pressures are crippling as you can probably imagine but getting on top of things and making a fresh start is sooo liberating. It got to the satge where I couldn’t even bare to check my balance or look at my bank statements and bills. It got me thinking how on earth people who are seriously depressed ever deal with it. I am a reasonably aware, intelligent person with an income and yet I sometimes just couldn’t cope with it all. To be depressed AND have money problems and not be able to see a way out of them must be terrible. Just an idea but I wonder if we might be able to put some kind of link on here to National Debt Line or the Consumer Credit Counselling Service who have been brilliant to me. Just a thought…
Jx

Chloe - hope you are ok ? Helen is right - concentrate on you and your little one. Jxx

Morning x

Chole are you ok?? How is Soph??

Just listening to best of Alphville.  Victory Of Love.  The classics are Big in Japan and Forever Young.

I love Romeos.  How u feeling??

Helen are you ok?? I have been to support group.  I still need to make friends.  How things??

Thank u all for the support everyone gives me.

hugs paul

Chloe,

Are you OK? Hope you are well and looking after yourself.

Just remember that we are all here for you!

Thinking of you…

Hope

Jamie,
Love your posting. Glad you are sorting out your finances…Good work!
The weather is still pretty dull here. Windy, raining… where is the sunshine? Well, I have been keeping my head down at work this week. Can’t trust anyone there, so there is no point chit chat too much. Well, I saw a few meanies today, and guess what?! They looked away the minute they saw me. I am still friendly, but am very aware what those people are like now. Quite sad, isn’t it? I wonder if they get any joy out of backstabbing the others… I guess that they just can’t help it! I didn’t even approach them in the first place. Those meanies pretended they cared and I got sucked in :-0 I believe in KARMA, and they will get their payback, BIG TIME!!!
How has your week been? Any plans for the weekend? Hope you are well.

Thank you for your encouragement, and I feel very very grateful of having your support here!

Hope