Candles and Cut Flowers

Jerry Jeff Walker
 She likes candles and cut flowers, rearranging them for hours
 And as she's lost in thought, I see the girl she was
 I watch her standing in the kitchen,
 Snipping stems off with her scissors
 And humming out a love song, like she always does
 Then the flowers go in vases that appear in all the places
 That gives the world around her, a little woman's touch
 And she's the kind of woman, every woman wants to be like
 And every man like me can't live without
 Next she changes out the candles that have melted on the mantles
 From the party that she hosted, just some nights ago
 Then the round one on the piano, it's unusual for the deep glow
 That emanates inside it, when the wick is low
 And the tall ones by the window, that she likes because the soft glow
 Gives the room a feeling that she's not alone
 And when she's not around you, you feel like something's missing
 But the candles and the flowers say she's there
 She likes dinners with old friends, late-night calls that come from girlfriends
 She'll listen and tell them, if they're wrong or right
 Later on she'll draw a hot bath, light a candle, play some soft jazz
 Melt down in the bubbles, and the candlelight
 Before bed she likes some white wine, says it helps her mind to unwind
 As she reads a little while and drifts off in the night
 And as she lies there sleeping, I can't believe she loves me
 But when she says she loves you, you feel loved
 She likes candles and cut flowers, rearranging them for hours
 And as she's lost in thought, I see the girl she was