Summer (The First Time)

*Beach sounds*

Was a hot afternoon

The last day of June

And the sun was a demon

The clouds were afraid

One ten in the shade

And the pavement was steaming

I told Billy Ray

In his red Chevrolet

I needed time for some thinkin'

I was just walkin' by

When I looked in her eye

And swore it was winkin'

She was thirty-one, and I was seventeen

I knew nothing about love, she knew everything

And I sat beside her on the front porch swing

And wondered what the coming night would bring

The sun closed her eyes

As it climbed in the skies

And it started to swelter

The sweat trickled down

The front of her gown

And I thought it would melt her

She threw back her hair

Like I wasn't there

She sipped on a julep

Her shoulders were bare

And I tried not to stare

When I looked at her two lips

And when she looked at me, I heard her softly say

"I know you're young, you don't know what to do or say

But stay with me until the sun has gone away

And I will chase the boy in you away"

And then she smiled

Then we talked for awhile

Then we walked for a mile to the sea

We sat on the sand

And a boy took her hand

But I saw the sun rise as a man

Ten years have gone by

Since I looked in her eyes

But the memory lingers

I go back in my mind

To the very first time

And feel the touch of her fingers

Was a hot afternoon

The last day of June

And the sun was a demon

The clouds were afraid

One ten in the shade