Back seat of her daddy's car I was trying not to go too far Kept thinking about the words the preacher man said Lightnin' flashed across the sky I saw love in a young girl's eyes And that's a look you never forget Chorus 1: 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 Chorus 2: 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 Chorus 1 Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams Chorus 2 Chorus 1 Seventeen, livin on crazy dreams Chorus 2