That Summer Lyrics

 (Pat Alger, Sandy Mahl, 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 

 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 a summer 
 When I have ever learned so much 

 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 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 

 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 

 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