Story Behind The Song
Everything all screwed up with this person growing up, could be me, could be you.
Song Description
About being confused at a young age but thinking you know everything
| Song Length |
4:22 |
Genre |
Rock - General, Country - Alternative |
| Tempo |
Medium Fast (131 - 150) |
Lead Vocal |
Duet Male |
| Mood |
Troubled, Gloomy |
Subject |
Justice, Life |
| Similar Artists |
Tom Petty, Soul Asylum |
Language |
English |
| Era |
1970 - 1979 |
| |
Lyrics
Seventeen -Written & Performed by Banford Steven Hill Copyright 2005 library of Congress Register of Copyrights
Intro
Verse
I want to know what in the world you were thinking
Nothing is ever quite what it seems
I forgive you I know you must have been drinking
And you were only 17
There was a time when everything was crystal
What a sight so fit and lean
But that time is dead and gone forever
Cause you were only 17
When your dreams are a step away from heaven
When you get there that's when you'll get clean
The monsters wide awake and a runnin'
When your 17
Big Build
How was I to know it was to good
Running wild like an out of control machine
Crazy with absolutly no understanding
Yeah when you're 17
Gental/Quite
Take it easy on her she didn't know any better
Exposed to things she never should have seen
I just hope you remember that little smile
Chorus-slowly build
When you were 17
Oh baby when you were 17
Oh oh oh when you were 17
Yeah when you were 17
When you were 17
Oh yeah when you were 17
Verse-Big build finish
Well I'll deal with it sometime tommorrow
Cause we're here now and I know you know what I mean
You found out you found out the meaning of sorrow
Oh oh when you were 17
Chorus
When you were 17
Oh oh yeah when you were 17
Yes I know I know I know you were only 17
Yes I know I know I know you were onlyt 17
You were only 17
You were only 17
You were only 17
You were only 17