Album: 19 (2008)

Charted: 4

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• When the rain is blowing in your face
  And the whole world is on your case
  I could offer you a warm embrace
  To make you feel my love
  
  When the evening shadows and the stars appear
  And there is no one there to dry your tears
  I could hold you for a million years
  To make you feel my love
  
  I know you haven't made your mind up yet
  But I will never do you wrong
  I've known it from the moment that we met
  No doubt in my mind where you belong
  
  I'd go hungry, I'd go black and blue
  I'd go crawling down the avenue
  No, there's nothing that I wouldn't do
  To make you feel my love
  
  The storms are raging on the rolling sea
  And on the highway of regret
  The winds of change are blowing wild and free
  You ain't seen nothing like me yet
  
  I could make you happy, make your dreams come true
  Nothing that I wouldn't do
  Go to the ends of the Earth for you
  To make you feel my love
  To make you feel my love Writer/s: Bob Dylan
  Publisher: Universal Music Publishing Group
  Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

Comments: 8

• Mojoringo from OhioBob Dylan was born Jewish. He was one of the most prolific songwriters in the 60's and 70's. He often wrote about life and had a protest view in much of his earlier pennings. Bob became an evangelical Christian in the 1970's. He would try to talk about his excitement for Jesus during recording sessions with other atheists, agnostics, and people of other religions. Although this song is thought of as a rather straightforward love song, Dylan wrote it from the perspective of Jesus, who is trying to get to all sinners so they can feel his redemptive love. Adele, and others see the song as a wanton love song about two people. it is really about Jesus's love towards distracted non-believers. It's really nice that the meaning can be vague so it can be so perfect as a mainstream popular music song. Such is the brilliance of Bob Dylan.
• AnonymousSTOP! This is not Adele’s hit. Even though she has a great voice, her rendition of this song is cheap and pathetic at best. So are the other covers of this most beautiful love songs ever written. Listen to the author in his singularly fantastic voice and deep emotion.
• Sparky from London, United KingdomI prefer Adele's cover to either [Garth] Brooks and [Trisha] Yearwood. Have not heard the original by Dylan.
  That having been said it is a good song and yes it is depressing at times but then we can't always just have 'happy' tunes all the time can we?
• Mike from Pittsburgh, PaBritain's Got Talent 2011 runner-up, 12 year old Ronan Parke , did a cover for the semi-finals ... he received a standing O from the crowd and judges. Very nice version from a talented young singer.
• Leigh from Cape Town, South AfricaOn her dvd Live at the Royal Albert Hall, Adele dedicates this song to Amy Winehouse, saying how this was Amy's favourite song... very touching moment.
• Jessica from Logan, UtThis song was also used in the season 6 finale of "Bones." Very well done!
• Ben Dirks from Nijmegen, -Comment on the song; not on Adele: Manfred Mann covered quite a few Dylan songs [Mighty Quinn i.g.]. Bob Dylan played with The Band. This composition sounds [to me] a lot like Davy's on the road again [Simon / Robbie Robertson] .... Inspiration?!?
• Joycemorrison from PhTrisha Yearwood also has a version in the Hope Floats album. pretty good, too. but tis a sad song, too, somehow.

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