[Chorus] The time has come again Slowly walking down the steps To where she would have been If only they were seventeen [Verse] Waiting patiently He stood between a fraying seam Hiding from himself As well as everybody else Without permission His face became wet He thought that he learned How to not get upset From folded notes in envelopes Meet me beneath the moon Don't go too soon She went too soon [Chorus] The time has come again Slowly walking down the steps To where she would have been If only they were seventeen