17

You asked me to be yours, well, you're tempting fate

How I left a promise but it’s one I can't make

Lord knows it'd kill me if you walked away

But darling, my lies, they hide you from the pain

Stay, let me explain why I act so mean

Don’t look away, baby, it's not all that it seems

I'm so afraid that you'll just get up and leave

My heart will break like I'm 17

You're not the first one to leave me and you won't be the last

It just doesn't heave me like it did in the past

I will never be seen to act like you act

To take someone easy and leave it at that

Stay, let me explain why I act so mean

Don’t look away, baby, it’s not all that it seems

I'm so afraid that you’ll just get up and leave

My heart will break like I'm 17

Break like I'm 17

I say less than I should, I say more than I mean

I would try if I could, but I'm all I can be

If I had more I would change the cover, you see

I have walls that have stood before you ever loved me

Before you ever loved me

Stay, let me explain why I act so mean

Don’t look away, baby, it's not all that it seems

I'm so afraid that you'll just get up and leave

My heart will break

Stay, let me explain why I act so mean

Don't look away, baby, it's not all that it seems

I'm so afraid that you'll just get up and leave

My heart will break like I'm 17

Break like I'm 17

Break like I'm 17