Then Came The Night Lyrics - Comin' On Strong - Trace Adkins

Long-legged shadows 

Mississippi sunset 

She was standing like a candle 

That hadn't been burned yet 

The wind was blowin' 

Clouds like ashes 

Had my hand in my pocket 

Reaching for my matches 

I can see those 

Cotton sheets dancin' 

On her mama's clothesline in my head 

From my lips a Lucky Strike was danglin' 

The day was dyin' in a sea of red 

Then came the night 

Warm and dark 

Draggin' its chains 

Across our hearts 

The moon was full 

The grass was wet 

Makin' us scream makin' us sweat 

Holdin' on tight 

It was wrong it was right 

Then came the night 

There was a time 

When love was a flower 

Now it's a vine 

Climbin' up the tower 

And the river just rolls 

Past the garden 

Where love won't grow 

And the ground is hardened 

I can see the tattered white flag flyin' 

I can hear the ringin' mission bell 

Telling of the innocence that's dyin' 

A sound that I remember oh so well 

Then came the night 

Warm and dark 

Draggin' its chains 

Across our hearts 

The moon was full 

The grass was wet 

Makin' us scream makin' us sweat 

Makin' us cling makin' us claw 

Makin' us rise makin' us fall 

Breath on breath, skin on skin 

I can't go back, there again 

Holdin' on tight 

It was wrong it was right 

Then came the night 

I remember that summer 

I was workin' for her daddy 

I was still a boy 

But I knew I was ready 

When she reached out and took my hand 

She became a woman 

And I became a man 

I wonder if she still thinks about me 

The way I still think about her 

You don't forget something like that 

There's only one first time