Make Him Make Me
(B. Malkus)



A dozen yellow roses
That he left for me
With a heart that I declare
Is twelve times Texas size
I fancy that I’ll whisper
I still love you dear
But the stubborn silence
Tells the biggest lie

Spurned once or twice
Back in my younger days
So hard to move
When it’s all up to me

My heart still burns
The fading ember’s my pride
What can I do to
Make him make me
Change my mind

He’s my man
He’s no angel
Guess he’ll never be
With a  patience stretched
As long and thin as Tennessee
And I realize our quarrels
I forgave him those
Tell me why then
Can’t I shake these plans to go

My heart still burns
The fading ember’s my pride
What can I do to
Make him make me
Change my mind