The tall weeds laid flat down   On the hard flat Kansas ground   And a sad song in her head   Kept goin' 'round      She barely even knew his name   But she liked the way he played the game   Everybody cheered when he scored that   Last touchdown      Indian summer, the wonder   The hunger and the sound of distant thunder   Indian summer      Tangled in a moment of truth   Bottle of wine in a motel room   Blue haze circled 'round   The cold gray moon      While the wind chased the leaves outside   Passion found a place to hide   Late September heat couldn't be denied      Oh, Indian summer, the wonder   The hunger and the sound of distant thunder   Indian summer      She never even finished school   People like to talk, they can be so cruel   Her California was a place to start brand new      So she left that dust bowl town   Sometimes when the lone wind howls   I wonder where we'd be   If I never scored that last touchdown      Summer, the wonder   The hunger and the sound of distant thunder   Indian summer   Oh, oh