This is where it startednThe trucks, the trees and her six bellsnNow baby's going to look back homenI'm wearing my clean clothesnYeah, I still got the ones you gave menYou've been treading some unsafe groundnAnd baby looks tired tonightnOut amongst the pikes and narrow streetsnYou go aroundnI hear the six bells, they're ringingnYeah, the six bells they chimen nLay down your head nownYou will sleep soundnI'll hold onto younThrough life's timenYou're seventeennYou're seventeen at this timen nI wear your silver ringnWith your hand on my heartnLeft you there with your gray eyesnPack up their suitcase and leavenRaise my hand up to the skynNow, don't you touch menDon't you trynAn age ago you wouldn't touch menOn the last daynWe will always be fightingnA promisenA year of luxurynPerfectnPerfect kissnHow long, my long lost,nWill the last day benI'm innocent of you therenAnd you of men nAnd you will sleep soundnI'll hold onto younIn life’s timenYou're seventeennYou're seventeen at this timen nI met you when you were a young girlnYears and years six bells backnSix bells passed above the twonOn a pier in another timenWhen I drew your body close to minenYou held your head up high thennYou reached inside thennI'd give you everythingnAt this timenMy pretty onenMy fearless onenYou held your head up high thennMy fearless onenFrom this timenMy fearless onenMy young pretty onenThe six bells - I made them ringn nLay down your head nownYou will sleep soundnI will hold onto younUntil death's timenYou're seventeen at this timenYou're seventeen at this time