It was labor day weekend

I was 17

I bought a coke and some gasoline

I drove out to the county fair

When I saw her for the first time

She was standing there in the ticket line

it all started right then and there



Oh a sailors sky made a perfect sunset

Thats a day Ill never forget



I had a bbq 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 sun tan line and red lipstick

I worked so hard for that first kiss

and a heart dont forget somethin like that



It was 5 years later on a southbound plane

I was headed down to New Orleans

To meet some friends of mine for the Marte Gra

When I heard a voice from the past

Comin from a few rows back

And when I looked I couldnt believe just what I saw

She said I betcha dont remember me

And I said only every other memory



I had a bbq stain on my white t-shirt

you were killing me in that mini skirt

skippin rocks on the river by the railroad tracks

You had a sun tan line and redlipstick

I worked so hard for that first kiss

and a heart dont forget somethin like that



like an old photogragh time can make a memory fade

but the memory of a first love never fades away



I had a bbq stain on my white t-shirt

you were killing me with that mini skirt

skippin rocks on the river by the railroad tracks

she had a sun tan line and redlipstick

I worked so hard for that first kiss

and a heart dont forget

Nooo a heart dont forget

i said a heart dont forget

somethin like that

ooh somethin' like that