Seventeen

I was only seventeen living out a reckless dream, Riding those summer streets to the corner of High and 13 Me and other city boys running too wild and too bored Looking for a grown man's toys out at that corner store Well they threw the money to me and somebody's I.D. I was in the parking lot scared as hell Sending 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 own life flash before my eyes Like I was seventeen She was from across the tracks with the 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 a wishing well I held her tight between those yellow lines Sat there crying about a miscarried life Watching my own life flash before my eyes Like I was seventeen Oh it was a lifetime ago I pray for mercy walking on down that road I met the woman of my dreams, she said yes to me And she said, "Baby I'm late, 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 Looking down that aisle Don't know whether to laugh or whether to cry I'm in the parking lot scared as hell Sending sixteen dollars down a wishing well Two pink lines or maybe just one Could be my daughter or it could be my son Watching our own lives flash before my eyes Like I was seventeen Funny how the years switch around the tears that way Like I was seventeen