she is the secret that i know

and i was this favor that she owned

a love this heart could not contain

a love this soul could not contain

seventeen days

seventeen days

seventeen days

but how many more

oh

i feel like i should run away to nowhere fast

maybe then the storyline will fall into the past

oh i love this heart could not contain

a love this soul could not contain

seventeen days

seventeen days

seventeen days

but how many more

and it's hard to find a love that isn't there

harder still to hide it when it ends oh

oh

i head up to the place i call my home

well i guess it would do me some good

to spend a little time alone

a little time to kick these thoughts around

watch these tears just fall on down

and flood this little town

seventeen days

seventeen days

seventeen days

but how many miles

you let me down

oh

oh you let me down

and after all this time

i still been thinking about you

no oh no no no love at all

oh

oh to the