She came down from up near Katherine
Moved in across the ridge
She was every thing a young man could desire
Out there in the ranges
In secret we would meet
My heart ran as wild as desert fireLike a burnin' sun beating down
She sparked a flame on virgin ground
If by chance a fire should start
No one could tame the burnin' heartWell her father owned the station
Where I rode the boundary fences
And he made it clear for all the hands to see
That a man could easily wind up
On the wrong end of his shotgun
And his little girl was only seventeenLike a burning sun beating down
She sparked a flame on virgin ground
And if by chance a fire should start
No one could tame the burnin' heartShe came on me like the summer
Wrapped around me like the wind
My defences buckled in the heat
Out there on the station
The sunsets amber glow
As our lips met a fire was releasedLike a burning sun beating down
She sparked a flame on virgin ground
If by chance a fire should start
No one could tame the burnin' heartLike a burning sun beating down
She sparked a flame on virgin ground
If by chance a fire should start
No one could tame the burnin' heartThe burnin' heart
Songwriters
GARTH IVAN RICHARD PORTER, JAMES EDMONDS BLUNDELL, MARKUS JOSEPH MEIERPublished by
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