I was only 17 when he
Came around and passed my way
He was the finest thing I'd ever seen
And his eyes were green
Him and the boys played basketball
While I was chillin at the park
He had a smile that could shine a light
On your darkest days
He came up to me and said
Excuse me what's your name
I was just wondering if you would like 2 get away

[Chorus]

Do you remember me?
At the age of 17
You fell in love with me
But it was never ever meant to be

Later on as we got to know each other
I just wanted this day to last forever
But as I learned more bout him
I wondered if I'd ever see him again
There was something bout the way he made me feel
It felt as though the whole world were standing still
And when we talked I could see
He was the perfect man for me
When he took me home that night
I knew that I was gone
He walked me to my door
And that's when I started to write this song

[Chorus]

Do you remember me?
At the age of 17
You fell in love with me
But it was never ever meant to be

Do you remember me?
I was only 17
Lived my life so wild and free
But it was never ever meant to be

I fell in love the moment I laid my eyes on him
But that's just the problem
Cuz he was already in a relationship
He said he wasn't happy
It wasn't working
And I reminded him of the way that she used to be
He said he couldn't stay and that was just the way
At the sweet age of 17

[Chorus]

I remember when we had a lot of things to do ---
impressed by all the words we read
and the heroes that we knew.
Climb on your dream --- a dream of our own making
to find a place that we could later lose
to whatever time would bring.

We were seventeen and the cakeman was affecting you ---
moving you to greater things (in a lesser way)
you had to prove.
The clock struck summertime. You were going round in circles now.
Wishing you were seventeen. At twenty-one, it was a long time gone.
And now here you are. You're locked in your own excuse.
The circle's getting smaller every day.
You're busy planning the next fifty years.
So stay the way you are and keep your head down to the same old ground.
Just paint your picture boy until you find
a closed circle's better than an open line.

Yes stay the way you are. I got a circle that's the same as yours.
It may be bigger, but I've more to lose.
Who is the luckier man --- me or you?

17 seconds of compassion
17 seconds of peace
17 seconds to remember love is the energy
behind witch all is created
17 seconds to remember all that is good
17 seconds to forget all your hurt and pain
17 seconds of faith
17 seconds to trust you again
17 seconds of radiance
17 seconds to send a prayer up
17 seconds is all that you need

Oh she's only seventeen
Whine whine whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street
Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep
Heaving ship too sails away
Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange
So I could call you baby, I could call you, dammit, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay

Oh she's only seventeen
Whine whine whine, weep over everything
Bloody Mary breakfast busting up the street
Brothers fighting, when's the baby gonna sleep
Heaving ship too sails away
Said it's a culmination of a story and a goodbye session
It's a tick of our time and the tic in her head that made me feel so strange
Said I could call you baby, I could call you, dammit, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of her Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay

I could call you baby, I could call you, dammit, it's a one in a million
Oh it's the rolling of your Spanish tongue that made me wanna stay

Dont you think youre a bit too grey
Inviting her out for a coffee
Enamoured by pictures you paint
Spontaneous lust so nave

Making out
Strawberries and skinny swimming
Keeps coming back because she was young
And thats how you like them to stay

Hold me hold me
Tell me Im the only
One I want to
17 and lonely
I want you
I want you
All to myself
Thats what he told me

Casual you ask her to play
Illusions of romance burning
Innocent but still no mistakes
Cause she smelled his last girl victim

Sneaking out
Heart pounding her bare feet racing
Dangerously close to her last chance
Cause he almost got her to stay

Hold me hold me
Tell me Im the only
One I want to
17 and lonely
I want you
I want you
All to myself
Thats what he told me
Hold me hold me
Tell me Im the only
One I want to
17 and lonely
17
Shes just 17

He knows what works he put out the bait
She bites again unsuspecting
Hes beautiful such a worldly face
Shes thinking hell be her teacher

Figured out
Shes soft and she thinks youre worth it
Keeps coming back each time more jaded
We wonder what made her that way
We wonder what made her that way

Hold me hold me
Tell me Im the only
One I want to
17 and lonely
I want you
I want you
All to myself
Thats what he told me
Hold me hold me
Tell me Im the only
One I want to
17 and lonely
I want you
I want you
All to myself
Thats what he told me
17

Some people tell me, that you're not my kind
And i believe them, but i can't get you out of my mind
Some people tell me that i should stay away
Maybe I will... some other day

'Cause it feel right
And it feels good
And i don't do always that i should
And I know what makes me happy
And in my heart you're it exactly

I don't wanna do right, I just want you tonight
Not just only in my dreams
Save my best behavior, for a little later
'Cause I'm only 17
Think i made my mind up, i got time to grow up
Face responsibility
Livin' in the moment, keepin' my heart open
While I'm only 17

(Only 17...)

I'll learn my lessons, and i'll make mistakes
And If i get burned (get burned), it'll be my heart to break
It isn't easy, hearing what they say
Sometimes you've got to take a leap of faith

'Cause it feel right
And it feels good
And I'm not gonna do something stupid
Just this once, i wanna feel like
I can do what i want when i hold tight
[Chorus:]

I don't wanna do right, I just want you tonight
Not just only in my dreams
Save my best behavior, for a little later
'Cause I'm only 17
Think i made my mind up, i got time to grow up
Face responsibility
Livin' in the moment, keepin' my heart open
While I'm only 17
(Only 17...)

[Bridge:]
Anyone, who's ever been in love
Has got to know
What it means to have a dream
And no one can say anything
To change my mind, no, not this time

I don't wanna do right, I just want you tonight
Not just only in my dreams
Save my best behavior, for a little later
'Cause I'm only 17
Think i made my mind up, i got time to grow up
Face responsibility
Livin' in the moment, keepin' my heart open
While I'm only 17
(Only 17...)

Baby, got time to grow up...
.. to face responsibility...
...hopin'... open...
Cause I'm only 17...

Sólo quería un café
con poca azúcar
quizá un croissant
no iba por la tertulia
o el flirteo.

Sólo quería un café
quizá echarle algún vistazo
a las malas nuevas en los diarios
o sacudirme esa pereza crónica
de mis amanceres.

Juro por mí
que sólo fui
por un café
pero te ví.

Y cambiaste mi vida, mi ritmo, mi espacio,
mi tiempo, mi historia, mis sueños y todo
y me agregaste risas, dos dudas, un duende
y un par de fantasmas
y este amor que te tengo.

Juro por mí
que sólo fui
por un café
pero te ví.

Quién iba a imaginar
que esa mañana en el café
yo iría a coincidir con el milagro
de pisar el mismo espacio
a la misma hora que tú
y como si ésto fuera poco
que tus ojos se fijaran justamente en mí.

Juro por mí
que sólo fui
por un café
pero te ví.

Y cambiaste mi vida, mi ritmo, mi espacio,
mi tiempo, mi historia, mis sueños y todo
y me agregaste risas, dos dudas, un duende
y un par de fantasmas
y este amor que te tengo.

Juro por mí
que sólo fui
por un café
pero te ví.

Looking in your eyes I see a paradise
This world that I found is too good to be true
Standing here beside you, want so much to give you
This love in my heart that I'm feeling for you

Let 'em say we're crazy, I don't care 'bout that
Put your hand in my hand baby, don't ever look back
Let the world around us just fall apart
Baby, we can make it if we're heart to heart

And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever
Nothing's gonna stop us now
And if this world runs out of lovers,
We'll still have each other
Nothing's gonna stop us,
Nothing's gonna stop us now
Woh woh oh

I'm so glad I found you, I'm not gonna lose you
Whatever it takes, I will stay here with you
Take it to the good times, see it through the bad times
Whatever it takes is what I'm gonna do

Let 'em say we're crazy, what do they know
Put your arms around me baby, don't ever let go
Let the world around us just fall apart
Baby, we can make it if we're heart to heart

And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever
Nothing's gonna stop us now
And if this world runs out of lovers,
We'll still have each other
Nothing's gonna stop us,
Nothing's gonna stop us

Ooh, all that I need is you,
All that I ever need
And all that I want to do,
Is hold you forever,
Forever and ever

And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever
Nothing's gonna stop us now
And if this world runs out of lovers,
We'll still have each other
Nothing's gonna stop us,
Nothing's gonna stop us
(And we can build this dream together,
Standing strong forever)
Woh oh oh-oh-oh
(Nothing's gonna stop us now)
Nothing's gonna stop us
(World runs out of lovers)
Now (we'll still have each other)
(Nothing's gonna stop us) us now
(And we can build this dream together) hey baby
(Standing strong forever) I know
(Nothing's gonna stop us now)

I was only 17 when he
Came around and passed my way
He was the finest thing I'd ever seen
And his eyes were green
Him and the boys played basketball
While I was chillin at the park
He had a smile that could shine a light
On your darkest days
He came up to me and said
Excuse me what's your name
I was just wondering if you would like 2 get away

[Chorus]

Do you remember me?
At the age of 17
You fell in love with me
But it was never ever meant to be

Later on as we got to know each other
I just wanted this day to last forever
But as I learned more bout him
I wondered if I'd ever see him again
There was something bout the way he made me feel
It felt as though the whole world were standing still
And when we talked I could see
He was the perfect man for me
When he took me home that night
I knew that I was gone
He walked me to my door
And that's when I started to write this song

[Chorus]

Do you remember me?
At the age of 17
You fell in love with me
But it was never ever meant to be

Do you remember me?
I was only 17
Lived my life so wild and free
But it was never ever meant to be

I fell in love the moment I laid my eyes on him
But that's just the problem
Cuz he was already in a relationship
He said he wasn't happy
It wasn't working
And I reminded him of the way that she used to be
He said he couldn't stay and that was just the way
At the sweet age of 17

[Chorus]

A little girl came up to me
Actin' young and shy
A little curiosity was flashing in her eyes
She had seen my face before
And thought she knew me well
So I said Shall we talk some more...
Well come to my hotel

She was only 17, 17
But she was sexy
She was only 17, 17
She said she loved me
17 years old
17 years old

How we talked all through all the night
And never even touched
Even talked of love and life
I wanted her that much
She said she read a magazine
That said I was a freak
You'll never know now little
Until you take a peak

She was only 17, 17
And she was sexy
She was only 17, 17
But she was young
And fine
And oh so tender
Could I break down to find
And surrender
This young girl
This sweet thing
I just cant wait
No I musnt do this
She's almost jail bait
17 years old
17 years old

A little girl came up to me
Actin' young and shy
A little curiosity was flashing in her eyes
She had seen my face before
And thought she knew me well
So I said Shall we talk some more...
Well come to my hotel

She was only 17, 17
But she was sexy
She was only 17, 17
But she was young
And fine
And oh so tender
Could I break down to find
And surrender
Yea!

17 years old
Sexy, Sexy
17 years old
Sexy, Sexy
17 years old
Sexy, Sexy

17 and young
And fine
And oh so tender
Could I break down to find
And surrender
This young girl
This sweet thing
I just cant wait
No I shouldn't do this
She's almost jail bait

17 years old
17 and sexy

17 years old
17 and sexy

17 years old
17 and sexy....