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 needing something from each other  Not knowing yet what that might be    'Til she came to me one evening  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    She had a need to feel the thunder  To chase the lightning from the sky  To watch a storm with all its wonder  Written in her lover's eyes  She had to ride the heat of passion  Like a comet burnin' bright  Rushin' headlong in the wind  Now where only dreams have been  Burnin' both ends of the night    That summer wind was all around me  Nothin' between us but the night  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    We had a need to feel the thunder  To chase the lightning from the sky  To watch a storm with all its wonder  Written in each other's eyes  She had to ride the heat of passion  Like a comet burning bright  Rushin' headlong in the wind  Now where only dreams have been  Burnin' both ends of the night    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 dancing with the wind  Although I know it isn't real  I just can't help but feel  Her hungry arms again    She had a need to feel the thunder  To chase the lightnin' from the sky  To watch a storm with all its wonder  Written in her lover's eyes  She had to ride the heat of passion  Like a comet burnin' bright  Rushin' headlong in the wind  Now where only dreams have been  Burnin' both ends of the night  Rushin' in long in the wind  Now where only dreams have been  Burnin' both ends of the night