[00:17.47]She bought a ticket on a midnight train [00:19.66] [00:20.97]To a place she'd never leave again [00:23.35] [00:24.91]She blamed it all on her daddy's sins [00:27.16] [00:28.79]I blamed it all on me [00:30.34] [00:32.85]And I was just a foolish boy [00:34.97] [00:36.29]It was love enough to fill the void [00:38.78] [00:40.16]Said the words to hear the noise [00:42.60] [00:44.16]It was deafening [00:45.03] [00:49.72]I never knew that things would change [00:52.28] [00:53.35]What we were then, what we became [00:55.54] [00:56.91]Oh, we were seventeen [01:00.41] [01:03.35]They found her there late that night [01:05.79] [01:07.04]On a bed under hotel lights [01:09.29] [01:10.91]Trying to make a couple wrong things right [01:13.41] [01:14.85]Start over clean [01:16.03] [01:18.79]She never did say goodbye [01:20.60] [01:22.60]I never did apologize [01:23.97] [01:26.28]I knew the words, but I could not lie [01:28.72] [01:30.29]I just watched her leave [01:32.28] [01:33.04]Watched her leave [01:33.85] [01:35.72]I never knew that things would change [01:37.97] [01:39.41]What we were then, what we became [01:41.66] [01:42.97]Oh, we were seventeen [01:46.54] [01:50.85]We wasted time, we wasted tears [01:53.35] [01:54.72]We waved goodbye to golden years [01:57.10] [01:58.79]Oh, we were seventeen [02:01.85] [02:07.10]Beneath the wreckage there's a reason, a reason [02:12.79] [02:14.48]Something they looked so hard to see [02:17.66] [02:22.10]I took and placed the blame [02:24.41] [02:25.91]But still I feel the same [02:28.22] [02:29.85]Someone just say it wasn't me [02:32.54] [02:39.79]I don't think about her like I should [02:41.91] [02:43.10]I used to try but it did no good [02:45.54] [02:46.91]She'd forgive me if she only could [02:49.35] [02:50.85]We were seventeen
