Seventeen Years Young

Seventeen's an afterthought A keystone to the years Now it's over, no more sixteen More days added to a fading memory I still feel twelve years old in my brain Five years later and I'm still in the game I can't be old, not yet, not now So here's all I have to say Seventeen years young That's how I'll write my story Seventeen years young I'm not old, not old, just vintage Here I am sitting the minutes Seventeen years young That's how I'll write my story When I was a kid, I always wanted to grow up Have my own money and rules We'd sit on the playground and talk about the cars that fly by 2025 But here we are so close, so far And I'm just Seventeen years young That's how I'll write my story Seventeen years young I'm not old, not old, just vintage Here I am sitting the minutes Seventeen years young Young, young Open the book and you'll see A little sweet girl who wanted nothing She wanted to grow up, but now that she's here, what do I do A year from college, a thousand miles from home Do I subdue Seventeen years young That's how I'll write my story Seventeen years young I'm not old, not old, just vintage Here I am sitting the minutes Seventeen years young That's how I'll write my story Seventeen's me