It was Labor Day weekend, I was seventeen I bought a cork and some gasolineI drove out to the county fair When I saw her for the first timeShe was standing there in the ticket line And it all started right then and thereOh, a sailor's sky made a perfect sunset And that's a date I'll never forgetI had a barbeque stand on my white t-shirt She was killing me in that miniskirtSkipping rocks on the river by the railroad tracksShe had a suntan line and red lipstick I worked so hard for that first kissAnd heart, don't forget, something like thatIt was five years later on a southbound plane I was headed down to New OrleansTo meet some friends of mine for the morning crawlWhen I heard a voice from the past Coming from a few rows backAnd when I looked, I couldn't believe just what I sawShe said, I bet you don't remember me And I said, only every other memoryI had a barbeque stand on my white t-shirt She was killing me in that miniskirtSkipping rocks on the river by the railroad tracksShe had a suntan line and red lipstick I worked so hard for that first kissAnd heart, don't forget, something like thatLike an old photograph, time can make a feeling fadeBut the memory of the first love never fades awayI had a barbeque stand on my white t-shirt She was killing me in that miniskirtSkipping rocks on the river by the railroad tracksYou had a suntan line and red lipstick I worked so hard for that first kissAnd heart, don't forget, no, heart, don't forgetI said, heart, don't forget, something like thatNo, not something like that