From Paige's Blog, August 25, 2020:

"When Love Is Born" is old enough to have a life of its own, first written (born) in Kansas, where I lived for a brief 6 weeks and lived with my lover, Larry. I had gotten my first professional gig, booked by a real music booking agent at a hotel and Larry was my sound man. Two amazing things about Kansas are 1) it is really, really flat and 2) the wind NEVER stops blowing. If you want the wind to stop, you have to go inside a building. And you may think you've seen flat terrain, but a visit to Kansas will change your mind.

I thought I loved Larry, but I think I just wanted to love Larry, and in the end, it only hurt for a few weeks after I moved back to Tulsa, although I wrote another song about him, "Ask Me To Wait". Not long after that, I met and married my husband. Through it all, I wondered if love has a life of its own. In the original song, the second verse said, "When love has died, kisses are dry..." which I later decided was too depressing. I re-wrote the song to say, "When love has grown" to add a positive spin on mature love and encourage the listener not to give up on love.

When recording "When Love Is Born", I had the great privilege to add Steve Wolfe's brilliant saxophone performance to this song, with a solo that he created between the two verses. It's an unusual song in that it does not have a chorus and breaks with traditional songwriting formats.

Yes, that's me in my wedding dress in on the right, and I'm performing "When Love Is Born" on the left at The Surge, an open mic I hosted a few years ago. The song itself is old enough to have a life of its own, first written (born) in Kansas, where I lived for a brief 6 weeks and lived with my lover, Larry. I had gotten my first professional gig, booked by a real music booking agent at a hotel and Larry was my sound man. Two amazing things about Kansas are 1) it is really, really flat and 2) the wind NEVER stops blowing. If you want the wind to stop, you have to go inside a building. And you may think you've seen flat terrain, but a visit to Kansas will change your mind.

I thought I loved Larry, but I think I just wanted to love Larry, and in the end, it only hurt for a few weeks after I moved back to Tulsa, although I wrote another song about him, "Ask Me To Wait". Not long after that, I met and married my husband. Through it all, I wondered if love has a life of its own. In the original song, the second verse said, "When love has died, kisses are dry..." which I later decided was too depressing. I re-wrote the song to say, "When love has grown" to add a positive spin on mature love and encourage the listener not to give up on love.

When recording "When Love Is Born", I had the great privilege to add Steve Wolfe's brilliant saxophone performance to this song, with a solo that he created between the two verses. It's an unusual song in that it does not have a chorus and breaks with traditional songwriting formats.

Yes, that's me in my wedding dress in on the right, and I'm performing "When Love Is Born" on the left at The Surge, an open mic I hosted a few years ago. The song itself is old enough to have a life of its own, first written (born) in Kansas, where I lived for a brief 6 weeks and lived with my lover, Larry. I had gotten my first professional gig, booked by a real music booking agent at a hotel and Larry was my sound man. Two amazing things about Kansas are 1) it is really, really flat and 2) the wind NEVER stops blowing. If you want the wind to stop, you have to go inside a building. And you may think you've seen flat terrain, but a visit to Kansas will change your mind.

I thought I loved Larry, but I think I just wanted to love Larry, and in the end, it only hurt for a few weeks after I moved back to Tulsa, although I wrote another song about him, "Ask Me To Wait". Not long after that, I met and married my husband. Through it all, I wondered if love has a life of its own. In the original song, the second verse said, "When love has died, kisses are dry..." which I later decided was too depressing. I re-wrote the song to say, "When love has grown" to add a positive spin on mature love and encourage the listener not to give up on love.

When recording "When Love Is Born", I had the great privilege to add Steve Wolfe's brilliant saxophone performance to this song, with a solo that he created between the two verses. It's an unusual song in that it does not have a chorus and breaks with traditional songwriting formats.

Yes, that's me in my wedding dress in on the right, and I'm performing "When Love Is Born" on the left at The Surge, an open mic I hosted a few years ago. The song itself is old enough to have a life of its own, first written (born) in Kansas, where I lived for a brief 6 weeks and lived with my lover, Larry. I had gotten my first professional gig, booked by a real music booking agent at a hotel and Larry was my sound man. Two amazing things about Kansas are 1) it is really, really flat and 2) the wind NEVER stops blowing. If you want the wind to stop, you have to go inside a building. And you may think you've seen flat terrain, but a visit to Kansas will change your mind.

I thought I loved Larry, but I think I just wanted to love Larry, and in the end, it only hurt for a few weeks after I moved back to Tulsa, although I wrote another song about him, "Ask Me To Wait". Not long after that, I met and married my husband. Through it all, I wondered if love has a life of its own. In the original song, the second verse said, "When love has died, kisses are dry..." which I later decided was too depressing. I re-wrote the song to say, "When love has grown" to add a positive spin on mature love and encourage the listener not to give up on love.

When recording "When Love Is Born", I had the great privilege to add Steve Wolfe's brilliant saxophone performance to this song, with a solo that he created between the two verses. It's an unusual song in that it does not have a chorus and breaks with traditional songwriting formats.

Saxophone on this "smooth jazz" song is performed by Steve Wolfe.

Scroll down to see a video of Paige performing this song before a live audience!

When Love Is Born

words and music by Paige Powell      ©2007 Paige E. Powell

1. When love is born and touching is new

It’s the heart of a mystery
Something grows inside of you

Exciting tension, smiles you hide and show

Together agreeing smooth as untouched snow

And the untouched parts of each mind and soul
Reach out for each other

To make themselves whole, when love is born

(Instrumental Bridge)

2. When love has grown and touching is known

How you wish they would talk to you instead of the cell phone

Communication just breaks down
Emotions afraid to feel

But, if you choose to love anyway, the great reward is real

And real love is what we really can possess

Choosing more kindness and more tenderness
When love has grown

Remember how love was born

When love has grown

Remember how love was born

When love has grown