From the recording TAKE ME BACK TO 17
Lyrics
We fell in love in our senior year
Under Friday night lights, with nothing to fear
I held your hand by the old oak tree
Said forever was just you and me
But graduation came, our dreams took flight
We kissed goodbye late one August night
Two young hearts went our separate ways
Never forgetting our romantic high-school days
Oh, take me back to being seventeen
To the sweetest love of my life
When every kiss or yours could stop me cold
And your heart beat next to mine, so much so, made me go out of control
Now here we are beneath the stars again, 30 years later with my friend
With all those years and divorced scars diggin' in
Yet, loving you feels like a dream come true
We're kissing like we're still seventeen
And I still love you
We both found love, and watched it fade
Two broken hearts and vows unmade
Divorces came, and tears were shed
We learned how lonely life was without each instead
Then somehow we wandered back home
Back to the streets we'd always known
I saw you at a grocery store
Felt love rush in, from all the years gone by
Oh, take me back to being seventeen
To the sweetest love of my life
When every kiss or yours could stopped me cold
And your heart beat next to mine, so much so, made me go out of control
Now here we are beneath the stars again, 30 years later with my friend
With all those years and divorced scars diggin' in
Yet, loving you feels like a dream come true
We're kissing like we're still seventeen
And I still love you
We can't get back the years gone by
Or all the tears we both had to cry
But darling, when you look at me with your big blue eyes
I'm still the boy of seventeen
And every road that led us here
Was worth the pain, the wait, for you my dear
Now there's a porch swing painted white
And fireflies dancing in the soft moonlight
Your fingers gently holding mine
Our two silver heads in summertime
You lean in close, and I close my eyes
That same old spark, that sweet surprise
The world grows quiet, moonlight gleams
We're both kissing like we're seventeen
Oh, take me back to being seventeen
You're still my girl in all my dreams
Though time has changed the way we look
Our love's still writing our love story book
Here on this porch swing beneath the stars
Your hand in mine, our hearts unwind
And every kiss still feels like summer wine
We're loving like we're seventeen
Just you and me sweetie, and this summer breeze
Rocking slow beneath the old oak trees
One more kiss, from my everything
I love kissing like we're seventeen
And I'll never let you go from my life again
You're always been my lover and very best friend