Seventeen

	  		

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I was only seventeen living out a reckless dream, 
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Riding those summer streets to the corner of High and 13 
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Me and other city boys running too wild and too bored 
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Looking for a grown man's toys out at that corner store 
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Well they threw the money to me and somebody's I.D. 
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I was in the parking lot scared as hell 
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Sending sixteen dollars down a wishing well 
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Two bottles of wine, those red and blue lights 
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Took a trip down town for the very first time 
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Watching my own life flash before my eyes 
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Like I was seventeen 

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She was from across the tracks with the private school laugh 
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We were both falling too fast down a river that wouldn't last 
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It was only one night and our first time 
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I was in the parking lot scared as hell 
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Sending sixteen dollars down a wishing well 
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I held her tight between those yellow lines 
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Sat there crying about a miscarried life 
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Watching my own life flash before my eyes 
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Like I was seventeen 


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Oh it was a lifetime ago 
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I pray for mercy walking on down that road 
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I met the woman of my dreams, she said yes to me 
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And she said, "Baby I'm late, never this late. I'm feeling a change. We 
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Should find out either way." 
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And I'm grabbing my keys and I'm shutting the front door 
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I can hardly breathe driving that familiar road 
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And I'm parked between those yellow lines 
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Looking down that aisle 
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Don't know whether to laugh or whether to cry 
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I'm in the parking lot scared as hell 
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Sending sixteen dollars down a wishing well 
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Two pink lines or maybe just one 
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Could be my daughter or it could be my son 
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Watching our own lives flash before my eyes 
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Like I was seventeen 
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Funny how the years switch around the tears that way 
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Like I was seventeen