Before my second year of college, you were barely seventeen.
I was haulin´ hay for your Daddy, an´ you brought me a glass of tea.
To a farm boy from Oklahoma, you were small town Texas prize,
An´ every young man´s dream in cut-off jeans, with that Homecoming Queen smile.
You were makin´ fun of my farmer´s tan an´ I was lettin´ you.
An´ fightin´ bull in the July heat, tryin´ to keep my cool.

An´ the prairie wind sang while the dust devils danced.
It just got hotter as the summer passed.
An´ that first kiss stole our breath away.
An´ the breeze died down as our hearts surrendered.
The moonlight shattered as it crashed on the river.
We both knew we´d never be the same:
´Cause love changes everything.

I think your Daddy wondered but I know your Momma knew,
´Cause she pulled me aside one Friday night and said take good care of you.
We´d steal away after supper to our favorite place in the sand,
By the red water´s edge where we´d hold hands while the sun melted into the land.
We lost more than sleep on one hot August night.
By mornin´ we were seein´ some things for the very first time.

An´ the prairie wind sang while the dust devils danced.
Just got hotter as the summer passed.
An´ that first touch stole our breath away.
An´ the breeze died down as our hearts surrendered.
The moonlight shattered as it crashed on the river.
We both knew we´d never be the same:
´Cause love changes everything.

I never found my way back to college,
An´ we found other loves since then.
But that first one will live forever,
´Cause I´ll always remember when:

Those prairie wind sang while the dust devils danced.
Just got hotter as the summer passed.
An´ that first kiss stole our breath away, ohhhh.
An´ the breeze died down as our hearts surrendered.
The moonlight shattered as it crashed on the river.
We both knew we´d never be the same:
´Cause love changes everything.

Whoa love changes everything, yeah.