Name: Seventeen
Duration: P00H03M35S
Description: a song about the dreams of youth

Seventeen

from songs of love. songs of death. by Gross Mannequin

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a song about the dreams of youth

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It was a long, hot summer
Guitarist and a drummer
The year I turned seventeen.
Guess we were trying to make a statement
Rockin' the church basement
Bleached-blonde hair and ripper JNCO jeans.

We new it couldn't be long
Before we wrote a hit song
Finger numb trying to figure it out.
Three chords and a back beat
A blown-out thrift shop Peavey
And two kids too dumb to have doubts.

We were alive
And we were free.
The future wide
As our dreams.
We would arrive
On the scene.
"You'll never get a job dressed like that."
Man, we don't even care.

Late nights at the Cradle
Whenever we were able
Smell of sweat and smoke filled the air.
Knowing that some night
Be us caught in the spotlight
Looking down on the world from up there.

We were alive
And we were free.
The future wide
As our dreams.
We would arrive
On the scene.
"You'll never get a job dressed like that."
Man, we don't even care.

And we would drive
Those empty streets
1979 on repeat
All through the night
Nowhere to be
With that hot Carolina wind
Blowing through our hair.
"We'll make it big someday, man,"
I would swear.
"We'll make it big someday, man,"
I would swear.
"We'll make it big someday, man,"
I swear.

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from songs of love. songs of death., released October 31, 2021
Written, performed, mixed by Gross Mannequin with the help of Snyder on drums/beats.

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Eclectic rock and roll with thoughtful lyrics and a few plot twists along the way.

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