Hi, Alan-
I think I have it down pretty well, but there are a few places where I can't quite understand what he's singing.

FIRST TIME LOVER
(Si Kahn)

His back was bare, and his body bendin' (?)
He was one big grin from his head to his heels,
Just a teenage boy from the next county over,
Workin' with my daddy in the summer fields.

I stood stock-still with my mouth hangin' open,
Mama never had told me this is how love feels;
But this new sensation I'd just discovered,
Told me he'd be my first-time lover.

Soft as the sun, warm as the summer,
Sweet as the hay, gentle as the wind;
Take off your boots, lay down beside me
Tonight we're first-time lovers again.

The boy went off to fight in the Army,
I stayed where I was, I carried my load;
When I heard he'd come home safely,
I spent hours watchin' down the old farm road.

The look in his eyes as he stood there grinnin',
Told me he'd come lookin' for more than work;
That night in the fields with the stars above us,
I welcomed home my first-time lover.

Soft as the sun, warm as the summer,
Sweet as the hay, gentle as the wind;
Take off your boots, lay down beside me
Tonight we're first-time lovers again.

I see you now, your strong back bendin',
Playin' with the kids at the end of the day;
And that lopsided grin that drives me crazy,
Reminds me of the boy in the summer hay.

Supper's done, and the kids gone sleepin',
We stand on the porch as the stars come down;
All (?) these years there's been no other,
You done real good, for a first-time lover.

Soft as the sun, warm as the summer,
Sweet as the hay, gentle as the wind;
Take off your boots, lay down beside me
Tonight we're first-time lovers again.

transcribed by ear from the Si Kahn CD, Thanksgiving

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See the definitive lyrics in Si's post below.