[Verse 1]
Long-legged shadows
Mississippi sunset
She was standin' like a candle
That hadn't been burned yet
The wind was blowin'
Clouds like ashes
Had my hand in my pocket
Reachin' for my matches
[Pre-Chorus 1]
I can see those cotton sheets dancin'
On her mama's clothesline in my head
From my lips a Lucky Strike was danglin'
The day was dyin' in a sea of red
[Chorus]
Then came the night, warm and dark
Draggin' its chains across our hearts
The moon was full, the gra** was wet
Makin' us scream makin' us sweat
[Post-Chorus 1]
Holdin' on tight
It was wrong it was right
Then came the night
[Verse 2]
There was a time
When love was a flower
Now it's a vine
Climbin' up the tower
And the river just rolls
Past the garden
Where love won't grow
And the ground is hardened
[Pre-Chorus 2]
I can see the tattered white flag flyin'
I can hear the ringin' mission bell
Tellin' of the innocence that's dyin'
A sound that I remember oh-so well
[Chorus]
Then came the night, warm and dark
Draggin' its chains across our hearts
The moon was full, the gra** was wet
Makin' us scream makin' us sweat
Makin' us cling, makin' us claw
Makin' us rise, makin' us fall
Withholdin' breath, skin on skin
I can't go back, there again
[Post-Chorus]
Holdin' on tight
It was wrong it was right
Then came the night
[Bridge]
I remember that summer
I was workin' for her daddy
I was still a boy
But I knew I was ready
When she reached out
And took my hand
She became a woman
And I became a man
[Outro]
I wonder if she still thinks about me
The way I still think about her
You don't forget somethin' like that
There's only one first time