Seventeen when I first saw her Fell in love so that fast that summer Playing in the pouring rain Staying up 'til morning came And I never felt that way before Yeah there's nothing in this world I wanted more And then love came in And time flew by We were so free We had it all we gave so much But still we couldn't see Convinced ourselves forever was for their dream How could we have known We were only seventeen Six years later on one knee Looking at her looking back at me She could hardly answer As tears of joy fell down her cheek 2 am she calls her friends But she didn't know it was the beginning of the end The end And then love came in And time flew by We were so free We had it all we gave so much But still we couldn't see Convinced ourselves forever was for their dream How could we have known We were only twenty-three Now she's got a dress hanging on her doorframe I got a ring sitting on my dresser I don't know what went wrong I don't know how I lost her She says she needs to find herself Forced me to go and raise some hell But all I want is her But all I can do is just remember And then love came in And time flew by We were so free We had it all we gave so much But still we couldn't see Convinced ourselves forever was for their dream How could we have known ohhh How could we have known We were only seventeen Only seveteen