I get back home at a quarter to four
What you doing with your keys inside my door
Seventeen and you've never been here before

I tried my best not to put you down
There's a hole in my head where the words fall out
Don't care what faithless people say
Should I care

(Oh, oh)
(Oh, oh)

Seventeen,
(Oh, oh)
Don't change one thing
(Oh, oh)

We take our chances everyday
We watch those bleeding hearts decay
I'd walk through walls, would it make you stay

I've burned my bridges and I've burned my friends
If I had my time, I'd do it again
Don't care what faithless people say
I don't care

Seventeen,
(Oh, oh)
Don't change one thing
(Oh, oh)
Just burn to the end, at seventeen girl
(Oh, oh)
Seventeen,
(Oh, oh)
Don't change one thing
(Oh, oh)
Just burn to the end, at seventeen girl
(Oh, oh)

I don't wanna talk I wanna go home
There's a voice in my head, won't leave me alone
I want you to follow me home
'Cause I know this star that we transcend could be the only chance we get
Seventeen, I've never been here before (yeah)

Seventeen,
(Oh, oh)
Don't change one thing
(Oh, oh)
Just burn to the end, at seventeen girl

Seventeen,
(Oh, oh)
Don't change one thing
(Oh, oh)
Just burn to the end, at seventeen girl
Burn to the end


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Seventeen Lyrics as written by Cameron Thane Muncey Christopher Cester

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    General Comment

    He's with a girl who's seventeen years old and he

    "don't care what faithless people say".

    "We take our chances everyday"

    regardless of the odds.

    "That's seventeen girl"

    He's singing about his girl.

    "I don't wanna talk, I wanna go home ... I want you to follow me home"

    He's taking her home.

    "Coz I know this star that we transcend Could be the only chance we get"

    is an astrological metaphor.

    "Seventeen, I�ve never been here before"

    This is the first time he's dated a 17yo.

    Nic Cester is to celebrate 31st birthday on the 6th of July BTW :o

    mantramantramantraon June 11, 2010   Link

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