Seventeen Lyrics

We were only seventeen

When you jumped from the ledge and I followed you in

'Cause the river was stronger than it seemed

From up at the top where we stood on the rocks

So sure of our spot in the sun

We walked between those apple trees

Tracing the path on your grandfather’s map

But a treasure hunt’s not what it used to be

So we offered our thoughts about gossip and God

And the places we’d want to be from

We lived inside a movie scene

Those nights by the lake, all the songs that we sang

But no one knew more than the melody

So the words we made up had to be good enough

To carry the love from our tongues

Summer was fading on the breeze

When I first felt your lips on the end of my kiss

Like a vision of what we’d become