When tempers flare to flame   When no one cares to listen while I'm trying to explain   You see the anger rise in me   And you calm me down again      Like the first spring lilac rain, you gentle me   Like innocence regained, you gentle me   And the feeling that remains grows stronger by degree   When you're gentle to me      When rumor comes to call   Suspicion's taking over and I'm back against the wall   You just smile assuringly   And my defenses fall      Like the first spring lilac rain, you gentle me   Like innocence regained, you gentle me   And the feeling that remains grows stronger by degree   When you're gentle to me      When life seems so relentless, you gentle me   When my striving seems so senseless, you gentle me   You lift my spirits, I get higher by degree   When you're gentle to me      When tension's taking shape   When I feel the pressure building and it's just too much to take   You touch the anxious need in me   With love for lovin's sake      Like the first spring lilac rain, you gentle me   Like innocence regained, you gentle me   And the feeling that remains grows stronger by degree   When you're gentle to me