Garth Brooks: That Summer Meaning

Song Released: 1993

That Summer Lyrics

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...

1. anonymous

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   Mar 3rd 2010 !⃝

   Whenever I hear this beautiful song, I think of the things that are found in summertime -- sun, relaxation, and cooling off.
   
   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
   
   This song is about a teenage boy who finds work with a lonely widowed woman, as well as friendship.
   
   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
   
   This means that the boy could tell the woman wanted romance and passion, like any other woman does.
   
   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
   
   That night, the woman teaches the boy what love and passion usually are interpreted to be.
   
   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
   
   Then it jumps to possibly months later, when the woman has either passed away or moved on, and the boy, now a man, thinks about what happened between them, and now he hasn't held anybody else, when their face isn't seen.
   
   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
   
   This is a wonderful song to listen to. I like it.
2. amorrell14

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   Jun 17th 2009 !⃝

   She molested him.

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