Seventeen Paroles

And I was just a foolish boy
It was love enough to fill the void
Said the words to hear the noise
It was deafening

I never knew that things would change
What we were then, what we became
Oh, we were seventeen

They found her there late that night
On a bed under hotel lights
Trying to make a couple wrong things right
Start over clean

She never did say goodbye
I never did apologize
I knew the words, but I could not lie
I just watched her leave
Watched her leave
We wasted time, we wasted tears
We waved goodbye to golden years
Oh, we were seventeen

Beneath the wreckage there's a reason, a reason
Something they looked so hard to see
I took and placed the blame
But still I feel the same
Someone just say it wasn't me

I don't think about her like I should
I used to try but it did no good
She'd forgive me if she only could
We were seventeen