July in a thunderstorm and the rain shook that screened-in porch
We were supposed to meet her parents in Duluth
We used the weather that day as an excuse

We just laughed and talked slow while the gutters overflowed
And our hearts did, too, that was the best
Will it ever be that good again?

The word reached me in Denver that day
I knew I could get you back if you would just look in my face
I pulled up, you were standin' in that dress
I guess I've always been so easily impressed

We spent three eternal days just the way
That they all oughta be, that was the best
Will it ever be that good again?

My room sat at the back of that old house
Seventeen with a typewriter and a radio
I could never play too loud
Stayin' up chasin' the muse all night
Sneakin' cigarettes by the candlelight

Ten hours of dreams, the sun wakes up
I go to sleep to dream some more, that was the best
Will it ever be that good again?
That was the best
Will it ever be that good again?