After 17

Album: Freight Train (2010)
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  • Her right hand closed the front porch door
    And suddenly a child no more
    All the ribbons all the bows, in a box now on her closet floor
    Anxious for what's to come
    Afraid to leave a place she loves

    She's not a woman not a girl
    Trying to find her place in this crazy world
    Meet a lover make a friend
    Try and figure out what this life really means
    After 17

    Broken hearts and rusted dreams
    Sometimes make it hard to leave and
    Certainty is out of reach even with some self belief
    So she bites her lip and shows a smile
    Flips her hair and flaunts her style

    She's not a woman not a girl
    Trying to find her place in this crazy world
    Meet a lover make a friend
    Try and figure out what this life really means
    After 17

    Her memories she stowed away
    Pulls them out on rainy days
    And brand new faces take their place, beside the ones that never fade
    Shes strong and fragile, weak and smart
    Whatever the cost she plays the part

    She's not a woman not a girl
    Trying to find her place in this crazy world
    Meet a lover make a friend
    Try and figure out what this life really means
    After 17

    Her right hand closed the front porch door
    And suddenly a child no more. Writer/s: ALAN JACKSON
    Publisher: Sony/ATV Music Publishing LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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