♪ MY DADDY SAYS THAT LIFE COMES AT YOU FAST ♪

♪ WE ALL LIKE BLADES OF GRASS ♪

♪ WE COME TO PRIME AND IN TIME WE JUST WITHER AWAY ♪

♪ AND IT ALL CHANGES ♪

♪ MY VIEW WITH A LOOKING GLASS WON'T CATCH THE PAST ♪

♪ ONLY PHOTOGRAPHS REMIND US OF THE PASSING OF DAYS ♪

♪ OH NOTHING STAYS THE SAME FROM YESTERYEARS ♪

♪ SEE I RECALL BEING AFRAID OF THE DARK ♪

♪ AND HOLDING ON TO TEDDY BEARS ♪

♪ I'D WRAP MYSELF IN BLANKETS JUST TO COVER ME FROM FEARS ♪

♪ THAT WAS THEN AND NOW I'M HERE ♪

♪ AND THE NIGHT IS MINE ♪

♪ SO HEAR ME SCREAM ♪

♪ I WAS TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS ♪

♪ I COULDN'T WAIT TIL I COULD BE SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ I THOUGHT HE LIED WHEN HE SAID TAKE MY TIME AND DREAM ♪

♪ NOW I WISH I COULD FREEZE THE TIME AT SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ OH OHH OHH OHH OHH OHH, OHH OHH OHH OHH ♪

♪ I'M SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ OH OHH OHH OHH OHH OHH, OHH OHH OHH OHH ♪

♪ SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ OH OHH OHH OHH OHH OHH, OHH OHH OHH OHH ♪

♪ SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ NOW I WISH I COULD FREEZE THE TIME AT SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ MY MOTHER SAID DON'T FORGET WHERE YOU COME FROM, ♪

♪ WHERE YOU'VE BEEN ♪

♪ ALWAYS KEEP YOUR CLOSEST FRIENDS THEY CAN'T SLIP AWAY ♪

♪ THEY KEEP YOU GROUNDED ♪

♪ OH KEEP YOURSELF SURROUNDED WITH GOOD ADVICE ♪

♪ AND YEAH I GUESS THAT SOUNDED NICE WHEN I WAS TEN ♪

♪ OH BUT NEVER WERE THERE TRUER WORDS ♪

♪ AND I'LL MY DAYS I'VE EVER HEARD ♪

♪ AND WHEN SHE TOLD ME LITTLE GIRL THE ANSWER IS LOVE ♪

♪ SO THOSE ARE WORDS THAT I KEEP WITH ME ♪

♪ THOUGH THE SEASONS CHANGE SO QUICKLY ♪

♪ KEEP THEM BURIED IN MY HEART ♪

♪ AND NEVER FOUGHT ♪

♪ SO HEAR ME SCREAM ♪

♪ I WAS TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS ♪

♪ I COULDN'T WAIT TIL I COULD BE SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ I THOUGHT SHE LIED WHEN SHE SAID TAKE MY TIME AND BREATHE ♪

♪ NOW I WISH I COULD FREEZE THE TIME AT SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ OH OHH OHH OHH OHH OHH, OHH OHH OHH OHH ♪

♪ I'M SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ OH OHH OHH OHH OHH OHH, OHH OHH OHH OHH ♪

♪ SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ OH OHH OHH OHH OHH OHH, OHH OHH OHH OHH ♪

♪ SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ NOW I WISH I COULD FREEZE THE TIME AT SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ I BEEN GOIN ON ♪

♪ I BEEN GROWIN UP ♪

♪ I'M A KNOW IT ALL ♪

♪ I DON'T KNOW ENOUGH ♪

♪ SEE I WAS RACING AND WAITING FOR THE DAY ♪

♪ THAT I WOULD BE OLD ENOUGH ♪

♪ GUESS I'LL BE PATIENT AND PACE MYSELF ♪

♪ GOTTA PREPARE FOR WHEN GOINGS ROUGH ♪

♪ I WAS TOO YOUNG TO UNDERSTAND WHAT IT MEANS ♪

♪ I COULDN'T WAIT TIL I COULD BE SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ I THOUGHT SHE LIED WHEN SHE SAID TAKE MY TIME TO BREATHE ♪

♪ NOW I WISH I COULD FREEZE THE TIME AT SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ OH OHH OHH OHH OHH OHH, OHH OHH OHH OHH ♪

♪ I'M SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ OH OHH OHH OHH OHH OHH, OHH OHH OHH OHH ♪

♪ SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ OH OHH OHH OHH OHH OHH, OHH OHH OHH OHH ♪

♪ SEVENTEEN ♪

♪ NOW I WISH I COULD FREEZE THE TIME AT SEVENTEEN ♪