Long-legged shadows  Mississippi sunset  She was standing like a candle  That hadn't been burned yet  The wind was blowin'  Clouds like ashes  Had my hand in my pocket  Reaching for my matches  Ican see those  Cotton sheets dancin'  On her mama's clothesline in my head  From my lips a Lucky Strike was danglin'  The day was dyin' in a sea of red    Then came the night  Warm and dark  Draggin' its chains  Across our hearts  The moon was full  The grass was wet  Makin' us scream makin' us sweat  Holdin' on tight  It was wrong it was right  Then came the night    There was a time  When love was a flower  Now it's a vine  Climbin' up the tower  And the river just rolls   Past the garden   Where love won't grow  And the ground is hardened  I can see the tattered white flag flyin'  I can hear the ringin' mission bell  Telling of the innocence that's dyin'  A sound that i remember oh so well    Then came the night  Warm and dark  Draggin' its chains  Across our hearts  The moon was full  The grass was wet  Makin' us scream makin' us sweat  Makin' us cling makin' us claw  Makin' us rise makin' us fall  Breath on breath, skin on skin  I can't go back, there again  Holdin' on tight  It was wrong it was right  Then came the night    (I remember that sumer  I was workin' for her daddy  I was still a boy  But i knew i was ready  When she reached out and took my hand  She became a woman  ANd i became a man    I wonder if she still thinks about me  The way i still think about her   You dont forget something like that  There's only one first time)