Karaoké Summer (The First Time) Bobby Goldsboro

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 steamin'

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 I swore it was winkin'

She was thirty-one and I was seventeen

I knew nothin' 'bout love

She knew everything

And I sat down beside her on a front porch swing and wondered what the comin' 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 a while

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 and the pavement was steamin'