It was Labor Day weekend I was seventeen
I bought a coke and some gasoline
And I drove out to the county fair
And when I saw her for the first time
She was standin’ there in the ticket line
And it all started right then and there
Oh a sailor sky made a perfect sunset
And that’s a day I’ll never forget
CHORUS:
I had a barbeque stain on my white t-shirt
She was killin’ me in that miniskirt
Skippin’ rocks by the river on the railroad tracks
She had a suntan line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss
And a heart don’t forget somethin’ like that
Well it was five years later on a southbound plane
I was headed down to New Orleans
To meet some friends of mine for Martigras
When I heard a voice from the past
Comin’ from a few rows back
And when I looked
I couldn’t believe just what I saw
She said I bet you don’t remember me
And I said Only every other memory
(repeat chorus replacing all «she» with «you»)
Like an old photograph
Time can makeup feelin’ pain (?)
But the memory of the first love
Never fades away
(repeat chorus)
Mmmm…Somethin’ like that