Pat Alger - That Summer lyrics

[Verse 1] 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 somethin' from each other Not knowin' yet what that might be [Verse 2] Till she came to me one evenin' 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 lightnin' from the sky To watch a storm with all its wonder Ragin' in her lover's eyes She had to ride the heat of pa**ion Like a comet burnin' bright Rushin' headlong in the wind, out where only dreams have been Burning both ends of the night [Verse 3] That summer wind was all around me Nothin' between us but the night And 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 lightnin' from the sky To watch a storm with all its wonder Ragin' in each others eyes We had to ride the heat of pa**ion Like a comet burnin' bright Rushin' headlong in the wind, out where only dreams have been Burnin' both ends of the night [Verse 3] 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 pa** a wheat field And watch it dancin' 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 lightnin' from the sky To watch a storm with all its wonder Ragin' in her lover's eyes She had to ride the heat of pa**ion Like a comet burnin' bright Rushin' headlong in the wind, out where only dreams have been Burnin' both ends of the night [Outro] Rushin' headlong in the wind, out where only dreams have been Burnin' both ends of the night