Seventeen, I was living lifenChasing dreams and my hopes were highnTrying to get around my fear ofnWhen and where do I go from herennI asked somebody close to menWho could see a lot further than a boy could seenOh, oh, oh and he saidnnOh my, oh my, oh my these days are flying bynI still feel seventeen inside, not one day overnDon't let the trials of life, change who you are tonightnStay seventeen each time you get one year oldernnI said you're at that time of life when your heart is strongnYour future's bright, you can do no wrongnAnd don't you let those feelings out of sightnKeep a hold of them as the years go rolling bynnThese words have always stuck with menBut now I'm only getting what it all appears to meannOh, oh, oh and he saidnnOh my, oh my, oh my these days are flying bynI still feel seventeen inside, not one day overnDon't let the trials of life, change who you are tonightnStay seventeen each time you get one year oldernnHe said, my years have come and gone, in oh such little timenAnd I hope you live your life the way that I lived minenStay young at heart, stay young in mindnnSo I saidnnOh my, oh my, oh my these days are flying bynI'm still seventeen inside, not one day overnI won't let the trials of life, change who I am tonightnStay seventeen each time you get one year oldernnOne year older, one year older, oh my oh my oh my oh mynnSo stay seventeen each time you get one year older