Backseat of her daddy's car  I was trying not to go too far  Kept thinking about the words the preacherman said  Lightnin' flashed across the sky  I saw love in a young girl's eyes  And that's a look you never forget    Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime  Don't it just fly by wild and free  Goin any way the wind blew, baby    Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams    Rock and roll and faded blue jeans  And standing on the edge of everything  Seventeen    Legs hangin' off the Bayou Bridge  Feedin' fish potato chips  And talkin' about the mysteries of the universe  Yeah, the world was somewhere else  We had the Summer all to ourselves  And the stars went off like fireworks    Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime  Don't it just fly by wild and free  Goin any way the wind blew, baby    Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams    Rock and roll and faded blue jeans  And standing on the edge of everything  Seventeen    Seventeen only comes once in a lifetime  Don't it just fly by wild and free  Goin any way the wind blew, baby    Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams    Rock and roll and faded blue jeans  And standing on the edge of everything  Seventeen