Summer (the First Time) Lyrics

Summer (the First Time) lyrics

Was a hot afternoon

The last day of June

The sun was a demon



The clouds were afraid

One ten in the shade

And the pavement was steaming



I told Billy Ray

In his red Chevrolet

I needed time for some thinking



I was just walking by

When I looked in her eye

And swore it was winking



She was thirty-one and I was seventeen

I knew nothing about love, she knew everything

I sat beside her on the front porch swing

And wondered what the coming night would bring



The sun closed her eyes

As it climbed in the skies

And started to swelter



The sweat trickled down

The front of her gown

I thought it would melt her



She threw back her hair

Like I wasn't there

She sipped on a Julep



Her shoulders were bare

And I tried not to stare

As I looked at her two lips



Then she looked at me, I heard her softly say,

"I know you're young, you don't know what to do or say.

But stay with me until the sun has gone away...

And I will chase that boy in you away."



Then she smiled

And we talked for awhile

Then we walked for a mile to the sea

We sat on the sands, and a boy took her hand

But I saw the sun rise as a man



(instrumental)



Ten years have gone by

Since I looked in her eye

But the memory lingers...



I go back in my mind

To the very first time

The touch of her fingers...



(Repeat first two verses and fade)