He was in town for just a while
Back at home he left alone his lover and his child
And some land that he worked and a guitar he would play
On the porch while the sun set at the ending of the day
She wore a flower in her hair
Took his order at the table and he tried hard not to stare
When she bent to take his glass away
The flower softly fell
Without thought he caught it
Like the binding of a spell
Love comes when it ain't called
Goes when it's still wanted
Leaving nothing at all
And love came rushing in waves
Came rushing in waves
Between them
The flower, as I said, was like
The binding of a spell
And he put it in a bottle by the bed in his hotel
And the demons that pursued him
Faded in her bodies warmth
And she seemed to call him home
Like guiding starlight in a storm
As she slept she dreamed she walked
A thousand miles
Searching endlessly in sorrow
Like a mother for her child
She saw telegraph poles
Stretching out across the snow
Like a line of fading heartbeats
Or the feathers of a crow
Love comes when it ain't called
Goes when it's still wanted
Leaving nothing at all
And love came rushing in waves
Came rushing in waves
Between them
He left her sleeping, rode away
She woke alone and empty
At the breaking of the day
The flower from her hair was gone
And so was he
And she realized she'd known
That that's the way that it would be
And he sang his sadness to the wind
Closed his eyes to memorize
The sweet touch of her skin
And it grieved his soul to think maybe
He had done her harm
So he dropped the flower in the creek
To try to break the charm
And she never saw her love again
Though she smiled and gave herself
To many other men
She would picture his face
At the end of every day
'Til the bottle that she had
Would somehow take the pain away
Love comes when it ain't called
Goes when it's still wanted
Leaving nothing at all
And love came rushing in waves
Came rushing in waves
Between them
Love comes when it ain't called
Goes when it's still wanted
Leaving nothing at all
And love came rushing in waves
Came rushing in waves
Between them
