That Summer

<br>I went to work for her that summer <br>A teenage kid so far from home <br>She was a lonely widow woman <br>Hell bent to make it on her own <br>We were a thousand miles from nowhere <br>Wheat fields as far as I could see <br>Both needing something from each other <br>Not knowing yet what that might be <br>`Til she came to me one evening <br>Hot cup of coffee and a smile <br>In a dress that I was certain <br>She hadn`t worn in quite a while <br>There was a difference in her laughter <br>There was a softness in her eyes <br>And on the air there was a hunger <br>Even a boy could recognize <br>She had a need to feel the thunder <br>To chase the lightning from the sky <br>To watch a storm with all its wonder <br>Raging in her lover`s eyes <br>She had to ride the heat of passion <br>Like a comet burning bright <br>Rushing headlong in the wind <br>Out where only dreams have been <br>Burning both ends of the night <br>That summer wind was all around me <br>Nothing between us but the night <br>When I told her that I`d never <br>She softly whispered "That`s alright" <br>And then I watched her hands of leather <br>Turn to velvet in a touch <br>There`s never been amother summer <br>When I have ever loved as much <br>She had a need to feel the thunder <br>To chase the lightning from the sky <br>To watch a storm with all its wonder <br>Raging in her lover`s eyes <br>She had to ride the heat of passion <br>Like a comet burning bright <br>Rushing headlong in the wind <br>Out where only dreams have been <br>Burning both ends of the night <br>I often think about that summer <br>The sweat, the moonlight and the lace <br>And I have rarely held another <br>When I haven`t seen her face <br>And every time I pass a wheat field <br>And watch it dancing with the wind <br>Although I know it isn`t real <br>I swear inside I feel <br>Her hungry arms again <br>She had a need to feel the thunder <br>To chase the lightning from the sky <br>To watch a storm with all its wonder <br>Raging in her lover`s eyes <br>She had to ride the heat of passion <br>Like a comet burning bright <br>Rushing headlong in the wind <br>Out where only dreams have been <br>Burning both ends of the night <br>Rushing in long in the wind <br>Out where only dreams have been <br>Burnin` both ends of the night