One Moment Songtext
von Bobby Gaylor

My hometown was a small bicentennial New England town
Where everybody knew everybody and their business
My actual neighborhood was surrounded by dense woods
Bubbling brooks, frog ponds and fields
It was also situated next to the town cemetery
The town reservoir and the town sandpit
So as kids there were a lot of cool places to hang out
Away from the prying eyes of adults

The summers in Massachusetts are completely unique
Days are always hot and humid
And always accompanied by the constant scream of cicadas
Now at night it would cool down a little
And new insect sounds would fill the silence
Bats would chase flying insects to and fro
Mosquitoes would land on your shirtless torso and eat you alive
But it was still better than being home with your parents

I was thirteen years old and it was a summer night like this
That I had my first real kiss


About six or seven of us were hanging out in a field
Smoking Old Golds, passing around a bottle of red wine
Somebody had stolen from their parents′ liquor cabinet

There was a girl in the group
And it was obvious there was something between us
You know what I mean?
That energy, that draw, that force
That something, you just know it's there
But you′re too young to actually know what it's really all about
So you flirt with each other like thirteen year olds do
Throw rocks at each other, hit each other in the head with sticks
Gave her a lot of piggybacks
She wrote her name on my arm with a Bic pen really hard

Took about two weeks to come off

Her name was Debbie Endress
She had long straight dark hair
Full lips, an ass that was made to wear jeans
She was barefoot, she was always barefoot


I walked her home that night
And for some reason we were walking down the middle of the street
When we stopped in front of her house
I swung around and I kissed her
It was the most amazing feeling to that point in my life
Our tongues met, it was warm, it was beautiful
It was so electric
A car came around the corner and blew its horn at us
Breaking the moment

Before she went in she told me her
Family was going away for the weekend
And she'd see me on Monday
I don′t even remember my feet touching the asphalt on my walk home
I went to bed that night just dreaming about Monday

The next day my parents informed me
We were going on a three week family vacation starting Monday morning
What? Well I′m not going
I fought and I fought and I fought
And I said "Don't you understand what you′re doing to me?"
But it didn't matter because they weren′t
Going to let me stay home by myself

So I decided to make the trip miserable for everybody
I didn't talk to anybody, I didn′t participate in anything
I was just a miserable bastard

But they all had fun despite my mood
Sometimes I wished the car would crash
And I was the only one left alive
Then I could run home to be with Debbie
Hindsight, I'm glad that didn't happen

When we did finally get home
I bolted out of the car and ran to her house
I rang the bell and I rang the bell and I rang the bell
No one answered, there was nobody home

So I went to visit my friends
And like true friends
They told me while I was away
Debbie started going out with somebody else
An older boy, sixteen and a half to be exact
He had a car

My whole world was crushed
I mean I couldn′t compete with that
All I had was a heart
You can′t go to the movies, cruising or parking with just a heart
Looking back, who can blame her?

They always say when something heavy happens in your life
Years from then you'll be able to look back about it and laugh
They also say you never forget your first kiss
And they′re right

So Debbie, wherever you are
Thanks for that memory