The first time I loved I didn't know how good that it could be
  To have another heart see in you everything you'd hoped they'd see
  If someone said the feeling wouldn't last there's no way I'd ever believe
  That something I felt so true and fast could ever slip away from me
  
  But the flames of passion burned it up
  When early days of attraction passed
  Like a meteor entering the atmosphere
  Burning too hot to last
  
  And I'm so tired of hearing that a burning heart is the only love that's true
  And that the mystery of loving only lasts just as long as the love is new
  Cause when the first parts done the real work starts, you get down and roll up your sleeves
  The real trick is building an enduring love, the kind that don't ever leave
  
  So the flames of passion can't burn it up
  When early days of attraction pass
  Like a meteor entering the atmosphere
  Burning too hot to last
  
  When the love's not tempered by a common trust, hearts can't take the strain
  When the fire's all gone, what you got left is a smoky kind of pain
  
  Yeah, the flames of passion can burn it up
  When early days of attraction pass
  Like a meteor entering the atmosphere
  Burning too hot to last