That Summer Songtext

von Garth Brooks

I went to work for her that summer
A teenage kid so far from home

She was a lonely widow woman
Hell bent to make it on her own

We were a thousand miles from nowhere
Wheat fields as far as I could see

Both needing something from each other
Not knowing yet what that might be

Til she came to me one evening
Hot cup of coffee and a smile

In a dress that I was certain
She hadn't worn in quite a while

There was a difference in her laughter
There was a softness in her eyes

And on the air there was a hunger
Even a boy could recognize

CHORUS:

She had a need to feel the thunder
To chase the lightning from the sky

To watch a storm with all its wonder
Written in her lover's eyes

She had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright

Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning both ends of the night

That summer wind was all around me
Nothing between us but the night

When I told her that I'd never
She softly whispered that's alright

And then I watched her hands of leather
Turn to velvet in a touch

There's never been another summer
When I have ever learned so much

CHORUS:

We had a need to feel the thunder
To chase the lightning from the sky

To watch a storm with all its wonder
Written in each others eyes

We had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright

Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning both ends of the night

I often think about that summer
The sweat, the moonlight and the lace

And I have rarely held another
When I haven't seen her face

And every time I pass a wheat field
And watch it dancing with the wind

Although I know it isn't real
I just can't help but feel
Her hungry arms again

CHORUS:

She had a need to feel the thunder
To chase the lightning from the sky

To watch a storm with all its wonder
Written in her lover's eyes

She had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright

Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning both ends of the night

Rushing in long in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burnin' both ends of the night