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 

Till 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 another 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 each others 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