Seventeen Goin’ on Twenty‐One Songtext
von Brian Elliot

Seventeen goin′ on twenty-one
Grown up too fast, mama say
Rock and roll noise and sweet talkin' boys
Callin′ on the phone all day

Baby's stayin' out late
She′s just got to run
She′s seventeen
Goin' on twenty-one

Like a picture in a movie magazine
Tight dresses and stacked heel shoes
She got the shapely body
Eyelids are painted blue

Temperatures are risin′
Turnin' golden brown in the sun
She′s seventeen
Goin' on twenty-one


Fallin′ in and out of love so fast, it's alright
Baby's really livin′, she′s been givin'
Boys the blues in the night

Won′t be long, she'll be leavin′
Won't be nobody′s child
And maybe someday, she'll settle down
But right now, that would cramp her style

She's daddy′s little baby
But when all is said and done
She′s seventeen
Goin' on twenty-one
She′s seventeen
Goin' on twenty-one

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