Seventeen Is a Million Miles from Here [Intro] [Strummed acoustic guitar, melodic acoustic guitar fills] [Verse 1] When I was seventeen Back in 1981 Laurie was the only girl for me I drove my daddy’s car About as fast as it would go Laurie and me at the drive-in picture show [Chorus] We thought the world was ours to share We thought we’d always have time to spare And she and I, we had no fear But seventeen is a million miles from here [Verse 2] Well I remember Friday nights Me and Dan and all the boys We were young and sure we’d make our mark And some of us are gone And some have moved along And some still wonder where the good times went [Chorus] We thought the world was ours to share We thought we’d always have time to spare And you and me, we had no fear But seventeen is a million miles from here [Bridge] (Oh-oh-oh) [Verse 3] And here we are today And man, how things have changed We’ve got kids who’ve grown and gone their way Old friends I haven’t seen In years come back to me And I wonder where those lost years went The life we have goes rushing by But I still see that boy sometimes [Outro] So every now and then I think about those days Me and Laurie parked beside the lake And I remember seventeen And how the years just slipped away Oh, I wish those times were here today [Final Chorus] We thought the world was ours to share We thought we’d always have time to spare And you and me, we had no fear But seventeen is a million miles from here Seventeen is a million miles from here [Outro] A million miles from here [Acoustic guitar fades out]
