Long ago we each had a role to play Temptation and seduction Like a movie without a script We improvised because we were so young And the nights lasted that much longer And we were grateful for every second of darkness outside Outside of perfectly manicured gardens The cold grass covered in a midnight dew Soaking through jeans and t-shirts We kicked our shoes off And ran into lakes And laughed and breathed and sang and knew Beyond the shadow of a doubt That no one in the world had ever felt the way we did No one on this planet knew the secret of love The feel of wet grass under bare feet On late summer nights We watched the moon and she watched us And she promised to keep our secret Bright and full In beds of flowers bursting with color Our young bodies bare Not yet knowing what it meant to be inhibited Skin like petals, soft and fragrant The trees shuffling their branches in a private dance Only we could hear the music Lips and whisper entangle So new and yet ancient Tasting like life itself Fresh and true and hungry We rolled and turned with the earth spinning beneath us Air so sweet, sweet with jealousy As we drank our youth Those nights now so far and always so near Not a single summers passes without a reminiscence The trees still dance and the moon still glows And a year of our youth is peeled off and passed down While our hearts grow colder And darkness no longer holds the same magic We grow and grow A greater distance betweens us Though you will always remain with me A precious memory recalled on lade summer nights While the scent of flowers in first bloom Still brings your name to my lips