I know what you wanna say

I think that you're all the same

Constantly being led astray

He's thinking of something you don't

Downtown harks back

Halfway up the street

I used to be free

I used to be seventeen

Follow my shadow

Around your corner

I used to be seventeen

Now you're just like me

Down beneath the ashes and the stone

Sure of what I've lived and have known

I see you so uncomfortably alone

I wish I could show you how much you've grown

Downtown harks back

I used to be on this street

I used to be seventeen

I used to be seventeen

Now you're half shy

Hanging on my block

Sun coming up

Who's my shadow?

La la la la la la la

La la la la la la la

La la la la la la la

La la la la la la la

I know what you're gonna be

I know that you're gonna be

You're crumbling up just to see

Afraid that you'll be just like me

Downtown harks back

Halfway through this life

I used to feel free

Was it just a dream?

Now you're half shy

Think you're so carefree

But you're just seventeen

So much like me

You're just seventeen

You're just seventeen

Seventeen