[Verse 1]

I was sitting by the movie screen

In your long black tee, your eyes on me

I thought we found it, I felt so grounded

I was sitting on the curb past three

Playing make believe where you could be

The lies compounded, I was surrounded

Mmm

[Chorus]

Sometimes I wish we really made it

Thinking back when we were seventeen

Time slipped through every chance we gave it

Take me back when we were seventeen

[Verse 2]

I was living in the same city

Doing well for me, you saw my stream

You were so kind and our time rewinded

I was living a recurring dream

In a late night scene, talk turned to screams

Before just silence, radio silence

Mmm mmm

[Chorus]

Sometimes I wish we really made it

Thinking back when we were twenty-three

Time slipped through every chance we gave it

Take me back when we were twenty-three

[Post-Chorus]

Ah, ah, oh

Take me back when we were, when we were

Ah, ah, oh

Take me back when we were, when we were

Oooooh

Oooooh

Ah, ah, oh

[Chorus]

Sometimes I wish we really made it

Mmmm

Time slipped through every chance we gave it

Take me back when we were young and free

[Post-Chorus]

Ah, ah, oh

Take me back when we were, when we were

(oh, when we were, when we were)

Ah, ah, oh

Take me back when we were, when we were

(oh, take me back to the place when we were seventeen)

[Outro]

Mmmm

When we were, when we were