Summer (The First Time)

The original Bobby Goldsboro version as I remember it was;

'Twas a hot afternoon

The last day of June

And the sun was a demon

The clouds were afraid

Wanting (one-ten?) in the shade

And the pavements were steamin'

I told Billy Ray

In his red Chevrolet

Needed time for some thinking

She was just walking by

When I looked in here eye

And I swore it was winkin'

She was thirty-one

I was seventeen

I knew nothin' 'bout love

She knew everything

But I sat down beside her on a front porch swing

And wondered what the coming night would bring

The sun closed her eyes

As it climbed in the sky

And it started top swelter

The sweat trickled down

The front of her gown

And I thought (swore?) 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

Then she looked at me

I heard her softly say

I know you're young

And 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

And 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 sunrise as a man

Ten years have gone by

Since I looked in her eye

And the memory lingers

I go back in my mind

To the very first time

And (feel?) the touch of her fingers

'Twas a hot afternoon

The last day of June

And the sun was a demon

The clouds were afraid

Wanting in the shade

And the pavements were steaming......and fades