WRITTEN BY: OWEN TEMPLE
The first time I loved I didn’t know
How good that it could be
To have another heart see in you
Everything you hoped they’d see
If someone said the feeling wouldn’t last
There’s no way I’d ever believe
That something I felt so true and fast
Could ever slip away from me
But the flames of passion burned it up
When early days of attraction passed
Like a meteor entering the atmosphere
Burning too hot to last
And I’m so tired of hearing that a burning heart
Is the only love that’s true
And that the mystery of loving only lasts
Just as long as the love is new
Cause when the first part’s done the real work starts
You get down and roll up your sleeves
The real trick is building an enduring love
The kind that don’t ever leave
So the flames of passion can’t burn it up
When early days of attraction pass
Like a meteor entering the atmosphere
Burning too hot to last
When the love’s not tempered by a common trust
Hearts can’t take the strain
When the fire’s all gone
What you got left is a smoky kind of pain
Yeah, the flames of passion can burn it up
When early days of attraction pass
Like a meteor entering the atmosphere
Burning too hot to last
Burning too hot to last
It’s burning too hot to last
© 2001 Owen Temple Music (BMI)