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