Backseat of her daddy's car

I was trying not to go too far

Kept thinking about the words the preacherman said

Lightnin' flashed across the sky

I saw love in a young girl's eyes

And that's a look you never forget



Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime

Don't it just fly by wild and free

Goin any way the wind blew, baby



Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams



Rock and roll and faded blue jeans

And standing on the edge of everything

Seventeen



Legs hangin' off the Bayou Bridge

Feedin' fish potato chips

And talkin' about the mysteries of the universe

Yeah, the world was somewhere else

We had the Summer all to ourselves

And the stars went off like fireworks



Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime

Don't it just fly by wild and free

Goin any way the wind blew, baby



Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams



Rock and roll and faded blue jeans

And standing on the edge of everything

Seventeen



Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime

Don't it just fly by wild and free

Goin any way the wind blew, baby



Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams



Rock and roll and faded blue jeans

And standing on the edge of everything

Seventeen