Page type: lyric reference
Artist: Sharon Van Etten
Canonical path: /sharon-van-etten/seventeen
Related lyric paths: 6
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Seventeen
Read Seventeen lyrics by Sharon Van Etten on LyroVerse, with linked artist context and related song paths.
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Seventeen
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I know what you wanna say
I think that you're all the same
Constantly being led astray
You think you know something you don't
Downtown hotspot
Halfway up this street
I used to be free
I used to be seventeen
Follow my shadow
Around your corner
I used to be seventeen
Now you're just like me
Down beneath the ashes and stone
Sure of what I've lived and have known
I see you so uncomfortably alone
I wish I could show you how much you've grown
Downtown hotspot
Used to be on this street
I used to be seventeen
I used to be seventeen
Now you're a hotshot
Hanging on my block
Sun coming up
Who is my shadow?
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
La la la la la la la
I know what you're gonna be
I know that you're gonna be
You'll crumble it up just to see
Afraid that you'll be just like me
Downtown hotspot
Halfway through this life
I used to feel free
Or was it just a dream?
Now you're a hotshot
Think you're so carefree
But you're just seventeen
So much like me
You're just seventeen
You're just seventeen
Seventeen
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