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