[Chorus]
I know that I can make you laugh
I believe I know enough to make you cry
But I just can't make you fall for me
No matter how hard I try

[Verse 1]
On the day you first told me that you would be mine
I fell like a stone dropped from a very great height
On the night I first held you so tight in my arms
Like a stretch out to hell I fell hard for your charms

[Bridge]
I fell like a thing that falls
And I crashed like a thing that crashes
I burned up like the kind of thing that burns down to the ground
And leaves nothing but an empty old box of matches

[Verse 2]
I have been lonely, and I have been alone
And I have been strung out waiting by the telephone
One shoe off, one shoe on, I was ready to leave
Going out with a big bang and my heart on my sleeve

[Chorus]
I know that I can make you laugh
I believe I know enough to make you cry
But I just can't make you fall for me
No matter how hard I try

[Bridge]
I cried like you hear a little baby cry
I was living life, cross your heart and hope to die
I broke like a the kind of thing that just can't bend
And it went on and on and on and on
Like a thing that just won't end

[Outro]
I know that I can make you