[Verse 1]
Long-legged shadows
Mississippi sunset
She was standin' like a candle
That hadn't been burned yet
The wind was blowin'
Clouds like ashes
Had my hand in my pocket
Reachin' for my matches

[Pre-Chorus]
I can see those cotton sheets dancin'
On her mama's clothesline in my head
From my lips a Lucky Strike was danglin'
The day was dyin' in a sea of red

[Chorus]
Then came the night, warm and dark
Draggin' its chains across our hearts
The moon was full, the grass was wet
Makin' us scream makin' us sweat

[Post-Chorus]
Holdin' on tight
It was wrong it was right
Then came the night
[Verse 2]
There was a time
When love was a flower
Now it's a vine
Climbin' up the tower
And the river just rolls
Past the garden
Where love won't grow
And the ground is hardened

[Pre-Chorus]
I can see the tattered white flag flyin'
I can hear the ringin' mission bell
Tellin' of the innocence that's dyin'
A sound that I remember oh-so well

[Chorus]
Then came the night, warm and dark
Draggin' its chains across our hearts
The moon was full, the grass was wet
Makin' us scream makin' us sweat
Makin' us cling, makin' us claw
Makin' us rise, makin' us fall
Withholdin' breath, skin on skin
I can't go back, there again
[Post-Chorus]
Holdin' on tight
It was wrong it was right
Then came the night

[Bridge]
I remember that summer
I was workin' for her daddy
I was still a boy
But I knew I was ready
When she reached out
And took my hand
She became a woman
And I became a man

[Outro]
I wonder if she still thinks about me
The way I still think about her
You don't forget somethin' like that
There's only one first time