It was Labour Day weekend I was seventeen
I bought a Coke and some gasoline
And I drove out to the county fair

When I saw her for the first time
She was standin' there in the ticket line
And it all started right then and there

Oh a sailor's sky made a perfect sunset
And that's the day I'll never forget
I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
She was killin' me in that mini-skirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
She had a suntanned line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss and a
Heart don't forget something like that


It was five years later on a southbound plane
I was headed down to New Orleans
To meet some friends of mine for Mardi Gras

When I heard a voice from the past
Comin' from a few rows back
And when I looked I couldn't believe just what I saw
She said I bet you don't remember me
And I said only every other memory
I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
You were killin' me in that mini-skirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
You had a suntanned line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss and a
Heart don't forget something like that

(slide solo)

LIKE AN OLD PHOTOGRAPH TIME CAN MAKE A FEELIN' FADE
BUT THE MEMORY OF A FIRST LOVE
NEVER FADES AWAY

I had a barbecue stain on my white t-shirt
She was killin' me in that mini-skirt
Skippin' rocks on the river by the railroad tracks
She had a suntanned line and red lipstick
I worked so hard for that first kiss and a
Heart don't forget
No - a heart don't forget
I said - a heart don't forget something like that

Somethin' like that