17

(now i'm seventeen)

now i'm seventeen

(my school is in the country)

my school is in the country

(students wear trainers)

students wear trainers

(read the same magazines)

read the same magazines

(now i'm seventeen)

now i'm seventeen

(my school is getting tiresome)

my school is getting tiresome

(teachers-they're so young)

teachers-they're so young

(singling me out)

singling me out

(only like philosophy & after school the time)

only like philosophy & after school the time

(that's what i call my own time)

that's what i call my own time

(nice girls meet nice boys end of school day)

nice girls meet nice boys end of school day

(while other girls go strait home)

while other girls go strait home

(talking bout soaps'n that)

talking bout soaps'n that

(i go home alone)

i go home alone

(like it watching the nameless people)

like it watching the nameless people

(surfing subways, travelling somewhere nowhere)

surfing subways, travelling somewhere nowhere

(now i'm seventeen i do not have a title)

now i'm seventeen i do not have a title

(depend on no one else)

depend on no one else

(busy being kind)

busy being kind

(only like philosophy & after school the time)

only like philosophy & after school the time

(that's what i call my own time)

that's what i call my own time

(nice girls meet nice boys end of school day)

nice girls meet nice boys end of school day

(while other girls go strait home)

while other girls go strait home

(talking bout soaps'n that)

talking bout soaps'n that

(i go home alone and have dinner)

i go home alone and have dinner

(in my sweet home praying again,)

in my sweet home praying again,

(again & again)

again & again

(i see the same faces in school)

i see the same faces in school

(& they say that i am different i think it's an honour)

& they say that i am different i think it's an honour

(i say it's an honour to B different)

i say it's an honour to B different

(i can't go their way)

i can't go their way

(surfing subways, travelling somewhere nowhere)

surfing subways, travelling somewhere nowhere

(i go home alone and have dinner)

i go home alone and have dinner

(in my sweet home praying again,)

in my sweet home praying again,

(again & again)

again & again

(now i'm seventeen)

now i'm seventeen

(now i'm seventeen)

now i'm seventeen