Seventeen

I was only seventeen Livin' out a reckless dream Ridin' those summer streets To the corner of high and thirteen Me and other VD boys Runnin' too wild too bored Lookin' for the grown man's toys Out at that corner store Well they threw the money to me and somebody's ID I was in the parking lot scared as hell Sent the sixteen dollars down a wishing well Two bottles of wine those red and blue lights Took a trip down town for the very first time Watching my whole life flash before my eyes Like I was seventeen She was from across the tracks With a private school laugh We were both falling too fast Down a river that wouldn't last It was only one night and our first time I was in the parking lot scared as hell Sending sixteen dollars down the wishing well I held her tight between those yellow lines We sat there crying 'bout a miscarried life Watching my whole life flash before my eyes Like I was seventeen Oh it was a lifetime ago And I prayed for mercy Walking on down that road I led the woman of my dreams And she said yes to me And she's sayin', "Baby I'm late, I'm never this late I'm feeling a change, we should find out either way." And I'm grabbing my keys and I'm shutting the front door I can hardly breathe driving that familiar road And I'm parked between those yellow lines Lookin' down that aisle Don't know whether to laugh or whether to cry I was in the parking lot scared as hell Sending sixteen dollars down the wishing well Two pink lines, or maybe just one Could by my daughter or it could be my son Watching our whole lives flash before my eyes Like I was seventeen Funny how the years switch around the tears that way Like I was seventeen