I've gone through all of McCutcheon's songs twice, looking for love songs that might fit your specifications, Glen. I've found and posted some terrific songs, but I don't know if I've found what you're looking for. This is the last one, one that strikes me particularly. Even if I didn't find the right song, I've had a good time exploring.

THIS TIME OF YEAR
(John McCutcheon)

And once again this time of year the willow's first to show
I've often seen her yellowed green while still the maples flow
Birds come alive on every limb, the rivers test their banks
And the redbud and the dogwood brightly spread their wings in thanks
And the night are cool and clear this time of year

And once again this time of year my plow will split the ground
And leave the blackened guts of earth straight-furrowed up and down
The skeletons of last year's corn with all the sticks and stones
I buried under just this morn, the last of winter's bones
And we'll start again from here this time of year

Out on the horizon there a thunderhead is blowing
If the wind is right sometime tonight she'll quench my summer's seed
And in another month this ground will be alive and growing
And we'll start the season's struggle with the weather and the weed
But for now this land is clean and still, new fencelines wrap her 'round
But my dreams have no horizonlines, this promise knows no bounds
And, Love, it's good to feel you near this time of year

For there's a change comes in the weather
There's a change comes in the sea
There's a change comes in the land
And there's a change comes over me
With the changes of the season now that everything is new
But there isn't any change in my love for you

And once again this time of year here at the workday's end
The night wind stirs the curtains, the moon soft upon your skin
The winter's quilt all stowed away while tangled in the covers
We plow, once more, familiar ground, two old and seasoned lovers
And one heart is all I hear this time of year

©1988 by John McCutcheon. Published by Appalsongs (ASCAP).

For Paul Reisler & Julie Portman in celebration of their marriage: May 15, 1988

On What It's Like (McCutcheon)