My Lyrics To : Only Seventeen

PHOTO BY J.R HILTON

ONLY SEVENTEEN

WRITTEN BY J.R HILTON

AUGUST 2016

HITCHING RIDES THAT'S WHAT WE USED TO DO

TO GET TO THE PLACES WE WANTED TO

HIDING OUT IN THE DUNES BY THE SHORE

WITH SOME FRIENDS MAYBE THREE OR FOUR

PLAYING IN THE WAVES

MAKING OUR OWN HOLIDAY

AND WHEN THE NIGHT FALLS

THE FIRE ON THE BEACH BLAZES BRIGHT

THE SOUND OF THE WAVES CRASHING

LULLS ME TO SLEEP

MOVING ME ROCKING ME

CALLING ME FROM THE DEEP

ROLLING ME

 SOMETIMES I RIDE HIGH ON A WAVE

SOMETIMES I'M SO LOW

JUST INCHES FROM A WATERY GRAVE

WE WERE SO GOOD AT BREAKING ALL THE RULES

WE COULD BE CRAZY CAREFREE FOOLS

WE WERE ONLY SEVENTEEN

WE WERE LOOKING FOR EVERYTHING

WE WERE HAVING FUN, CHASING THE SUN

WE NEVER STAYED IN ONE PLACE LONG

WE WERE EVERYWHERE WE COULD BE

SO MUCH TO DO, SO MUCH TO SEE

WHEN YOU'RE SEVENTEEN

SO MANY FEELINGS, THAT WE'VE NEVER FELT BEFORE

SOME LEFT US WANTING MORE 

THOSE CRAZY CAREFREE FEELINGS

FOLLOWED ME FOR QUITE AWHILE

WHEN I LET GO I DIDN'T KNOW

THAT IT WOULD BE THE END

NEW THINGS BEGUN

NOTHING WOULD EVER BE THE SAME AGAIN

THOSE DAYS ARE GONE

BUT ONCE IN AWHILE

THEIR RIGHT HERE IN LIVING COLOR

SOMETHING OR OTHER, NAGGING AT MY SOUL

I'VE BEEN TRYING TO FIGURE IT OUT

BEFORE IT TAKES IT'S TOLL

WHEN WE WERE ONLY SEVENTEEN

WE WERE LOOKING FOR EVERYTHING

I FEEL LIKE I'M STILL LOOKING

TO FIND THOSE THINGS AGAIN

THAT MADE ME FEEL SO ALIVE