She walked in the bar room,

Not a day over 22,

Heads turned,

Eyes burned,

Temperatures were rising too.

And the looser and the stranger and the man behind the bar

All agreed she had potential

And that guidance was not far

Then the stranger by the station where the waitress pays her dues

Was left lookin' for a lover

Just someone else to use

It's not a long way from the dance floor to the dark of the parking lot

It's kinda like love but it's not.

Chorus:

Kinda like love

So young and tender

Kinda like the moves you used to make but you don't remember

Kinda like being 16 and hot

When you gave it everything you got

Kinda like love but it's not.

Now the stranger

He walked over just to say, "How do you do"

He said something about Texas

But she knew what he was getting too

They ordered mor tequilla while the man behind the bar

Was talking about the job last year in a town that was not far away

Then I walked out of the bar room

Couldn't even turn around

I guess I know what they were going to do

I knew what was going down

It's not a long way from the dance floor to the dark of the parking lot

It's kinda like love but it's not.

Chorus:

Kinda like love

So young and tender

Kinda like the moves you used to make but you don't remember

Kinda like being 16 and hot

When you gave it everything you got

Kinda like love but it's not.

Kinda like being 16 and hot

When you gave it everything you got

Kinda like love but it's not

Oohhh, no it's not, it's not.