A Keeper For Every Flame Lyrics - Carpenter Mary-chapin

She says it's been so long, she can't remember when 

The mention of his name didn't make her feel again 

That everything is possible and every day a brand new start 

Yeah, love's something powerful when it finds a willing heart 

Sometimes it's a fire burning out of control 

Sometimes it's a candle burning long and low 

All these years she never let it go 

There's a keeper for every flame 

There is someone in his past that he hasn't gotten over yet 

Each day's like the last, he just misses what he can't forget 

It's just an empty space where something used to be 

Now he guards the gate, but he's lost the key 

So no one enters, but no one leaves 

There's a keeper for every flame 

Thought my heart had broken, but it was just a little bruised 

I thought love had spoken, I guess I was just confused 

Sometimes we were a fire burning out of control 

Sometimes we were nothing but a candle glow 

But it never died, baby, how I know 

There's a keeper for every flame