Mary's been hanging' round
in basements downtown
she says she wants to bring me along

but I'll be out and about
with some deadbeats uptown
and I doubt that she'll miss me at all
she said: ""don't you miss when we were kids?
we used to stare at the stars on my lawn.""

I said ""don't you dare dwell on the past now honey,
you know damn well it's gone.""

but I still miss when my mothers arms were
the safest place to be.
and I'm terrified of leaving seventeen.

Now these streets don't seem so mean anymore
now that we're the ones making the trouble
these parties they start wild
then they fizzle out and die
and by the end everyone has somebody
she said ""how about we get out of here?
this place ain't quite my scene.""
""Girl you look so good when you're all dressed up,
it would be such a shame to leave.""

I don't feel good and I don't feel bad,
I swear I'm somewhere in between.
I'm terrified of leaving seventeen

But I can still see how you smiled,
underneath those dim street lights
Back when time didn't mean a thing.

But I can still see how you smiled,
underneath those dim street lights
Back when time didn't mean a thing.

Oh, we were only seventeen

Now the boys we stick together
but we fend for ourselves
cause we like to pretend we have it all figured out
but the truth is I don't even know myself
and Mary I don't care for a desk job or manual labour,
I guess this guitar is going to be our saviour
Hell, I kinda dig your behaviour.

cnd I've got a plan to get out of this town
we'll land in Lc or somewhere in between.
I'm terrified of leaving

Well Mary I'm terrified
please don't leave me here tonight,
cause some nights I pray that you love me
and some nights I can't decide.
I'm terrified
Oh how I'm terrified

But I can still see how you smiled,
underneath those dim street lights
Back when time didn't mean a thing.