I was sitting by the movie screen In your long black tee, your eyes on me I thought we found it, I felt so grounded I was sitting on the curb past three Playing make believe where you could be The lies compounded, I was surrounded Mmm Sometimes I wish we really made it Thinking back when we were seventeen Time slipped through every chance we gave it Take me back when we were seventeen I was living in the same city Doing well for me, you saw my stream You were so kind and our time rewinded I was living a recurring dream In a late night scene, talk turned to screams Before just silence, radio silence Mmm mmm Sometimes I wish we really made it Thinking back when we were twenty-three Time slipped through every chance we gave it Take me back when we were twenty-three Ah, ah, oh Take me back when we were, when we were Ah, ah, oh Take me back when we were, when we were Oooooh Ah, ah, oh Sometimes I wish we really made it Mmmm Time slipped through every chance we gave it Take me back when we were young and free Ah, ah, oh Take me back when we were, when we were Ah, ah, oh Take me back when we were To the place when we were seventeen Mmmm When we were, when we were