It was 1989, my thoughts were short, my hair was long Caught somewhere between a boy and man She was seventeen and she was far from in-between It was
stop in Tucson Arizona With Amazing Grace, we made California line And then my gypsy life started takin' its toll And the fast lane got empty and out of control And
my dreams, 'cause I'm only seventeen Time to grow up, face responsibility Keepin' my heart open Seventeen I just want you do right Only in my dreams Only seventeen only seventeen only seventeen
on the block and the hooptie'll drop Root-Crew been hot since back in the day And since I knew Pac, I'm havin my way And now you wish you would have stuck
Love beeds for your rosary And your drugs to see you through You're telling me At seventeen You know more that I do Say farewell to L.A And your little
the man That he used to be He's thirty-nine and holding And acting twenty-three Lord, He's thirty-nine and holding Holding everything he can From seventeen
Times said "It was the coldest winter in seventeen years" I didn't feel so cold then I swung on to my old guitar Grabbed hold of a subway car And after
they said I'd never make it, I just kept hanging on And every night I prayed to Jesus, and I held my head up strong And I was alright, I landed on my
that new distant look in your eyes And then when you were sixteen And I had just turned seventeen I couldn't hold on to your love I couldn't hold on
new place with the same old face you're recognizing me from the CD case, cause I'm 5'4 and I've got brown eyes, long brown hair and I'm medium sized
my sight Amphibious thoughts are flowing with the salamanders showing Of the "touch of evil" tinted black and white Seventeen fat ripe rats hold stacks
fall far from the tree And I remember Mama's tears When they said in a few years I'd be something to see At seventeen I had me a diamond And a string
my feelings seek and hide My great longing in life, was to find that special wife And everytime one came around, I hurt her feelings and I found Out,- it's all about give and
And still searchin' But Jesus and Mama always loved me Even when the Devil took control Jesus and Mama always loved me This I know I wish Mom could see me now And
know you're weak and effete and I'm coming up from the streets You're up in your loft getting soft and I'm coming up the stairs and I'm coming from the
heart through the storms And my umbrella in hand I'm Noah life's my ark, 40 days and 40 nights Still can't take my heart Seen a fallen man to dope and
We were seventeen and invincible Had the world figured out And the girl on my shoulder Told me everything's gonna be all right And everything was gonna
makin' excuse, you got to piss Even though you at the phone dialin' all seven digits You got to move with the quickness Before ya dude gets suspicious and shit Get to trippin' and