[Verse 1]

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 needin' somethin' from each other

Not knowin' yet what that might be

[Verse 2]

'Til she came to me one evenin'

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

[Chorus]

She had a need to feel the thunder

To chase the lightnin' from the sky

To watch a storm with all its wonder

Ragin' in her lover's eyes

She had to ride the heat of passion

Like a comet burnin' bright

Rushin' headlong in the wind, out where only dreams have been

Burnin' both ends of the night

[Verse 3]

That summer wind was all around me

Nothin' between us but the night

And 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

[Chorus]

We had a need to feel the thunder

To chase the lightnin' from the sky

To watch a storm with all its wonder

Ragin' in each other's eyes

We had to ride the heat of passion

Like a comet burnin' bright

Rushin' headlong in the wind, out where only dreams have been

Burnin' both ends of the night

[Verse 3]

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 dancin' with the wind

Although I know it isn't real, I just can't help but feel

Her hungry arms again

[Chorus]

She had a need to feel the thunder

To chase the lightnin' from the sky

To watch a storm with all its wonder

Ragin' in her lover's eyes

She had to ride the heat of passion

Like a comet burnin' bright

Rushin' headlong in the wind, out where only dreams have been

Burnin' both ends of the night

[Outro]

Rushin' headlong in the wind, out where only dreams have been

Burnin' both ends of the night