[Verse 1]

Backseat of her daddy's car

I was trying not to go too far

Kept thinking 'bout the words the preacher man said

Lightning flashed across the sky

I saw love in a young girl's eyes

And that's a look you never forget

[Chorus]

Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime

Don't it just fly by, wild and free?

Going any way the wind blew, baby

Seventeen, living on crazy dreams

Rock and roll and faded blue jeans

And standing on the edge of everything

Seventeen

[Verse 2]

Legs hanging off the Bayou Bridge

Feeding fish potato chips

And talking 'bout 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

[Chorus]

Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime

Don't it just fly by, wild and free?

Going any way the wind blew, baby

Seventeen, living 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

Well, don't it just fly by, wild and free?

Going any way the wind blew, baby

Seventeen, living on crazy dreams

Rock and roll and faded blue jeans

And standing on the edge of everything

Seventeen

[Outro]

Yeah, seventeen

Sweet seventeen