Candles And Cut Flowers Lyrics - Jerry Jeff Walker

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, its 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