Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohOh, oh, oh, oh, oh Oh, oh, oh, oh, ohMy daddy says that life comes at you fast We are like blades of grassWe come to prime and in time we just wither awayAnd it all changes My view with a looking glassWon't catch the past Only photographs remind usOf the passing of days Oh, nothing stays the sameFrom yesteryear See, I recall being afraid of the darkAnd holding on to teddy bears I'd wrap myself in blanketsJust to cover me from fears That was then and now I'm hereAnd the night is mine So hear me screamI was too young to understand what it meansI couldn't wait till I could be seventeenI thought it loud when he saidTake me home, take me home, take me homeI stole my time to dream Now I wish I could freeze the time at seventeenOh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oooohOh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oooooh1717Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh, oooooh171717Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh Ohh, uhhNow I wish I could freeze the time at seventeenMy mother said, don't forget Where you come from, where you beenAlways you keep your closest friendsThey can't slip away, they keep you groundedOh, keep yourself surrounded with good adviceAnd yeah, I guess that sounded nice when I was tenOh, but never were there true words in all my days I've ever heardThen when she told me, little girl, the answer is loveSaid those are words that I keep with meThough the seasons change so quicklyKeep them buried in my heart and never fallSo hear me screamI was too young to understand what it meansI couldn't wait till I could be seventeenI thought she lied when she said take my time and breatheNow I wish I could freeze the time at seventeenOh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh17Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh17Oh, oh-oh-oh-oh-oh-oh17Now I wish I could freeze the time at 17I've been going offI've been going offI'm a know-it-allI don't know enoughSee, I was racing and waiting for the day that I would be old enoughGuess I'll be patient and pace myselfBetter prepare for when going's roughI was too young to understand what it meansI couldn't wait till I could be 17I thought she lied when she said, take my time to breatheNow I wish I could freeze the time at 17Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh17Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh17Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh17Oh, oh, oh, oh, oh17Now I wish I could freeze the time at 17