To my Cowboy

I went to work for him that summer
A helpless girl so far from home
He was a lonely widow man
Hell bent to make it on his 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

Until he came to me one evening
Hot cup of coffee and a smile
In a suit that I was certain
He hadn’t worn in quite a while
There was a difference in his laughter
There was a softness in his eyes
And on the air there was a hunger
Even a girl could recognize

He had a need to feel the thunder
To chase the lightning from the sky
To watch a storm with all its wonder
Written in his lover’s eyes
He 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 him that I’d never
He softly whispered that’s alright
And then I watched his hands of leather
Turn to velvet in a touch
There’s never been a 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
Written in his lover’s eyes
He 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 his 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
His hungry arms again

He had a need to feel the thunder
To chase the lightning from the sky
To watch a storm with all its wonder
Written in his lover’s eyes
He 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
Burning both ends of the night

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