I was barely 16
When Amy Dawson caught me
Swimming in the creek with my clothes hanging on a limb
She jumped in the water
Waded over to me
Just one kiss I was in way over my head
Cause you can't rope a runaway heart
It's like trying to catch the wind
There's no stopping love once it starts
You can't rope a runaway heart
Well, that was one hot summer
Had everybody talking
But it was more than the record breaking heat they were talking about
My daddy was a drinker
Hers was a preacher
But the fires of hell couldn't keep me from coming around
Cause you can't rope a runaway heart
It's like trying to catch the wind
There's no stopping love once it starts
You can't rope a runaway heart
What started as a scandal
One hot day in July
Turned into a fairytale in everybody's eyes
Yeah they finally realized
That you can't rope a runaway heart
It's like trying to catch the wind
There's no stopping love once it starts
You can't rope a runaway
Rope a runaway heart
It's like trying to catch the wind
There's no stopping love once it starts
You can't rope a runaway heart
You can't rope a runaway heart
