That Summer

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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I went to work for her that summer,
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a teenage kid so far from home
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She was a lonely widow woman,
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hellbent to make it on her own
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We were a thousand miles from nowhere,
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wheat fields as far as I could see
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Both needing something from each other,
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 not knowing yet what that might be

[Verse 2]
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'Til she came to me one ev'ning,
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hot cup of coffee and a smile
                     D
In a dress that I was certain,
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she hadn't worn in quite a while
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There was a diff'r'nce in her laughter,
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there was a softness in her eyes
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And on the air there was a hunger,
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 even a boy could recognize

[Chorus]
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She had a need to feel the thunder,
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 to chase the lightning from the sky
                              D
To watch a storm with all its wonder,
                      E
raging in her lover's eyes
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She had to ride the heat of passion,
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   like a comet burning
Rushing head long in the wind,
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 out where only dreams have been.
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Burning both ends of the night

[Verse 3]
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That summer wind was all a round me,
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nothing between us but the night
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When I told her that I'd never,
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she softly whispered "That's alright"
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And then I watched her hands of leather,
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turn to velvet in a touch
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There's never been another summer,
E                            A
 when I have ever learned so much

[Chorus]
                          E
We had a need to feel the thunder,
D                                A
 to chase the lightning from the sky
                              D
To watch a storm with all its wonder,
                      E
raging in her lover's eyes
                           F#m
We had to ride the heat of passion,
E D                    A
   like a comet burning
Rushing head long in the wind,
D                           E
 out where only dreams have been.
                         A
Burning both ends of the night

[Verse 4]
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     I often think about that summer, the sweat,
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the moonlight and the lace
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And I have rarely held another,
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when I haven't seen her face
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Ev'ry time I pass a wheat field,
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and watch it dancing with the wind
                         D
Although I know it isn't real,
                      E                         A
I just can't help but feel her hungry arms again

[Chorus]
                           E
She had a need to feel the thunder,
D                                A
 to chase the lightning from the sky
                              D
To watch a storm with all its wonder,
                      E
raging in her lover's eyes
                            F#m
She had to ride the heat of passion,
E D                    A
   like a comet burning
Rushing head long in the wind,
D                           E
 out where only dreams have been.
                     A
Rushing head long in the wind,
                      D
out where only dreams have been.
                         E
Burning both ends of the night
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