At seventeen all I wanted to be
Was gone, long gone
The only way I would have stayed
Was a graveyard stone
I had a plan that I could mention
But the road is paved with good intentions
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Forgiveness if you please
Let it rain down on me
'Cause I've come a long way to nowhere
Now when I'm asked did I learn in the past
I say more or less
And do I know which direction to go
Well I must confess
If I thought I knew the answer
I am sure I'd have taken my chances
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The irony is that I'm dying to be
Gone, long gone
And you know if I could I'd go back
Home sweet home
Sifting through the mixed emotions
I couldn't change if I took the notion
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Seventeen, all I wanted to be
Was gone, long gone