Summer Lyrics - Bette Midler

It was a hot afternoon 

The last day of june, 

And the sun was a demon. 

The clouds were afraid. 

One ten in the shade, 

And the pavement was steamin'. 

I told billy ray 

In his red chevrolet 

I needed time for some thinkin'. 

He was just passing by 

When I caught that boy's eye, 

And I swore it was winkin'. 

I was thirty-one, 

He was seventeen. 

He knew nothing about love. 

I knew everything. 

But he sat right down 

On the front porch swing, 

And I wondered what the 

Coming night would bring. 

Sun closed my eyes, 

Climbed to the skies. 

It was starting to swelter. 

The sweat trickled down 

The front of my gown. 

I thought it would melt me. 

I threw back my hair 

Like he wasn't there 

And I sipped, oooh, something coolin'. 

My shoulders bare, 

He tried not to stare, 

Whoa, but I knew I wasn't foolin'. 

I looked deep into those eyes of blue, 

I said, "boy, I know you're young, 

Don't know what to say or do. 

But stay with me 'til the sun goes away 

And I will chase the boy in you away!" 

Guess you know why 

That kid caught my eyes, 

Oooh, and why the memory still lingers. 

Go back in my mind 

To the very first time, 

Ooh-ooh-ooh, I felt the touch of somebody's fingers. 

I go back in my mind 

To the very first time 

Oh, I felt the touch of somebody's fingers. 

And go, go back in my mind 

To the very first time I felt . . . 

I go back in my mind 

To the very first time 

I felt the touch 

Of somebody's fingers. 

The first time. 

The first time.