Seventeen

We were only seventeen When you jumped from the ledge and I followed you in 'Cause the river was stronger than it seemed From up at the top where we stood on the rocks So sure of our spot in the sun We walked between those apple trees Tracing the path on your grandfather's map But a treasure hunt's not what it used to be So we offered our thoughts about gossip and God And the places we'd want to be from We lived inside a movie scene Those nights by the lake, all the songs that we sang But no one knew more than the melody So the words we made up had to be good enough To carry the love from our tongues Summer was fading on the breeze When I first felt your lips on the end of my kiss Like a vision of what we'd become