Seventeen, I was living life 
Chasing dreams and my hopes were high 
Trying to get around my fear of 
When and where do I go from here 

I asked somebody close to me 
Who could see a lot further than a boy could see 
Oh, oh, oh and he said... 

Oh my, oh my, oh my these days are flying by 
I still feel seventeen inside, not one day over 
Don't let the trials of life, change who you are tonight 
Stay seventeen each time you get one year older 

I said you're at that time of life when your heart is strong 
Your future's bright, you can do no wrong 
And don't you let those feelings out of sight 
Keep a hold of them as the years go rolling by 

These words have always stuck with me 
But now I'm only getting what it all appears to mean 
Oh, oh, oh and he said... 

Oh my, oh my, oh my these days are flying by 
I still feel seventeen inside, not one day over 
Don't let the trials of life, change who you are tonight 
Stay seventeen each time you get one year older 

He said...my years [bad word] and gone, in oh such little time 
And I hope you live your life the way that I lived mine 
Stay young at heart, stay young in mind 

So I said... 

Oh my, oh my, oh my these days are flying by 
I'm still seventeen inside, not one day over 
I won't let the trials of life, change who I am tonight 
Stay seventeen each time you get one year older 

One year older, one year older....oh my oh my oh my oh my 

So stay seventeen each time you get one year older