What The Heart Wants

She met him down at the laundry mat

Three a.m. on a washing machine they sat

And talked until dawn

He bought her breakfast at a small café

Morning turned to the rest of the day

Then the day was gone

He thought that she'd surely run away

A fairy tale never started this way, but

It ain't the mind that calls the shots round here

A stronger power's pulled to bodies near

Nothing on Earth can interfere

When love is what the heart wants

They made a wish on the evening star

From a rooftop high above the boulevard

Up in the twilight sky

He held her hand, she held her breath

Two lonely hearts beating scared to death

Of a chance to fly

Giving in to the arms of fate

This isn't quite like the plans that they made, but

It ain't the mind that calls the shots round here

A stronger power's pulled to bodies near

Nothing on Earth can interfere

When love is what the heart wants

It ain't the mind that calls the shots round here

A stronger power's pulled to bodies near

Nothing on Earth can interfere

When love is what the heart wants

It ain't the mind that calls the shots round here

A stronger power's pulled to bodies near

Nothing on Earth can interfere

When love is what the heart wants

Oh

Nothing on Earth can interfere

When love is