Seventeen

It was a day when I was Seventeen,

it was a day

In the spring.

And I knew

That I would fly away,

yeah I knew

I had to leave.

And they said it was a tragedy,

Rivers run so wild and free.

And my friends

And all my family,

How they all would have to grieve.

But I

Would stay

Seventeen.

Well, the water’s overtaken me,

With a chill

Down to the bone.

When I went

Around that river bend,

Boys, I knew that I was going home.

But the others that had been with me,

On the safety of the shore,

Well, they ran

Up to the hill to see,

And they saw

No sign of me at all.

But I

Would stay

Seventeen.

Well, the hill

Where they would bury me

Shone like velvet in the sun.

And the preacher

And my family,

They all said that I had died too young.

But the others that had been with me,

On that fateful riverside

Through my death,

Their hearts were sealed,

and their lives forever twined.

But I

Would stay

Forever Seventeen.

It was a day

When I was Seventeen,

It was a day

In the spring.