[single intro: 'keep very still, for the strangest things are about to happen.']      Oh I was seventeen when I heard the countdown start, it started slowly   And I thought it was my heart but then I realised   That this time it was for real there was no place to hide   I had to go out and feel, but there was time to kill   And so i, I walked my way around town I tried to love the world   Oh but the world just got me down and so I looked for you   In every street of every town I wanted to see your face   I wanna I wanna see you now   I wanna see you now   Oh and so it went   Oh so it went for several years I couldn't stand it   No oh it must be getting near now that you just don't know   Oh no you, you just don't understand how many people have seen you   In the arms of, of of some other man   I've got to meet you and find you and take you by the hand oh my God my god   You've got to understand that I was seventeen   I didn't I didn't know a thing at all   I've got no reason I've got no reason at all   Oh no the time of my life oh I think you came too soon   Yeah you came too soon then   Oh and it could it could be tonight if I ever leave this room   (I never leave this room no)   Oh I wasted all my time on all those stupid things that only get me down   Get down, oh   Oh and the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this town   So I'm gonna leave this town   Goodbye o.k.   Yeah you can leave me   Oh you, you can go some other place   You can't forget it   Yeah you know, you know that's o.k.   'cos, 'cos I own this town   Yeah, yeah I brought it to it's knees   Can you hear it crying? can you?    Can you hear it begging to me 'please? '   I know it's coming so soon now oh, oh it's on it's way   Oh no oh no oh I can hear them say, they say I can't survive   They say i, I'll never leave the ground   They say it's all a lie and now and now it's coming down   Oh baby now   Time of my life oh I think you came too soon   Yeah you came too soon now   Oh and it could oh it could be tonight if I ever leave this room   (I never leave this room now)   Oh oh oh   I wasted all my time on all those stupid things that only get me down   Get down, oh   Oh and the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this town   So I'm gonna go gonna be there   I'm gonna go   Bub-bye it's o.k.   You don't have to care   Really oh, oh really, I swear   No, no you owe me nothing   You owe nothing to me   And if I messed it up baby   Then, that's all up to me   And if you go then, then I won't follow, no, no   'cos so many times I've been, I've been thinking maybe, oh maybe I should   No, i, I'm gonna stay   I, I'm gonna make my way   Oh, I'm gonna get on through babe   I'm gonna make it all some day   Oh, time of my life no I think you came too soon   You came too soon then   Oh and it could it could be tonight if I ever leave this room   (I never, I never leave this room, no)   Oh oh oh I wasted all my time on all those stupid things that only get me down   Get down, oh   And the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this town   So I'll leave this town the sky is crying out tonight for me to leave this town   Yeah I'm gonna leave this town   Time is crying out tonight for me to leave this town   So I'm gonna go yeah I'm gonna go   Yeah bub-bye   I'm gonna leave this town   You're not gonna have me around   Oh the sky and stars and God will never ever laugh   Me and stars and moon are falling down.   [single outro: 'you've just heard one of the most remarkable applications in modern   Electronics.']