In your humble opinion, how old is the lady in this song? We need to get this issue resolved.
"That Summer"
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
Raging in her lover's eyes
She had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright
Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning both ends of the night
That summer wind was all around me
Nothing 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
Raging in each others eyes
We had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright
Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning 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 lightning from the sky
To watch a storm with all its wonder
Raging in her lover's eyes
She had to ride the heat of passion
Like a comet burning bright
Rushing headlong in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burning both ends of the night
Rushing in long in the wind
Now where only dreams have been
Burnin' both ends of the night
9 comments:
I'm guessing mid to late 30's...
I would say 40's at least. She's a cougar.
Gotta be at least 60. Perhaps edging on 80. Why else would he think about wheat fields? It's where he buried her after her heart attack.
I talked to Garth, and he said it was a true story, and this was her.
First of all, Adam, I am peeing my pants. So funny. And I had no idea you and Garth were such good friends.
Second, I've always like that song, but been creeped out by it at the same time.
Third- awesome Garth tribute video. Peed my pants (again) watching that.
And I always thought that she was middish 30's, because anything after that is just too gross. But we can all agree that its felon territory regardless of specifics . . . statutory rape is no laughing matter, not even in a wheat field.
thanks for ruining that song for me because all i can think of now is a really old, wrinkly lady! sick!!!
I can't believe you said hell
I would have to guess mid to late 30's.
You crack me up! I have actually always wondered the same thing, and wondered why I was the only one who wondered about it. I always had visions of a gray haired lady in a house dress and apron. Yikes!!
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