He was working at the record shop

I would kiss him in the parking lot

Tasted like cigarettes and soda pop

17



He would tell me I was beautiful

Sneaking in the neighbor's swimming pool

Yeah he taught me how to break the rules

17



Hey, those days are long gone

But when I hear that song, it takes me back



We were on top of the world

Back when I was your girl

We were living so wild and free

Acting stupid for fun

All we needed was love

And that's the way it's supposed to be

17



Stealing beers out of the trailer park

Flicking lighters just to fight the dark

My favorite place was sitting in his car

17



We laid a blanket on the rooftop

That time I knew I wouldn't make him stop

The nights were cold but we kept 'em hot

17



Hey, those days are long gone

But when I hear that song, it takes me back



We were on top of the world

Back when I was your girl

We were living so wild and free

Acting stupid for fun

All we needed was love

That's the way it's supposed to be



We were running red lights

We were going all night

Didn't care about anything

Cuz it was you and me

We were living the dream

And we were 17, 17, 17



I remember what it felt like

Just a small town kinda life

If I could only just go back in time

17



We were on top of the world

Back when I was your girl

We were living so wild and free

Acting stupid for fun

All we needed was love

That's the way it's supposed to be



We were running red lights

We were going all night

Didn't care about anything

Cuz it was you and me

We were living the dream

And we were 17



17, 17, 17, 17, 17





Produced by Martin Johnson

Additional Production by Kyle Moorman and Brandon Paddock

Electric Guitar, Acoustic Guitar, Piano, Percussion, 

Additional Instrumentation and Background Vocals by Martin Johnson

Bass by Brandon Paddock

Programming by Martin Johnson, Kyle Moorman and Brandon Paddock

Recorded by Kyle Moorman, Martin Johnson and Brandon Paddock 

at Henson Recording Studios, Conway Recording Studios, 

and The Lodge, Los Angeles, CA

Mixed by Serban Ghenea at MixStar Studios, Virginia Beach, VA

Engineered for Mix by John Hanes

Published by Avril Lavigne Publishing, LLC (ASCAP) admin. by Almo Music Corp

/ J Kasher Publishing / Prescription Songs (ASCAP)

, all rights admin. by Kobalt Songs Music Publishing

/ Sony/ATV Tunes LLC / Kevinthecity Publishing / J. Kasher Music (ASCAP)

/ EMI April Music, Inc. o/b/o itself and Martin Music Inc (ASCAP)