It was the year of '91

Freddy Mercury was gone

And Nevermind was playing on our radios

We were only 17

I would park out on your street

Wait for dark to see you climbing out your window

Something's gone wrong with the weather

There's a storm out in the desert

But to us that all seemed very far away

Sometimes, when I

Think about those days it makes me wonder

What went by

Oh yeah, left me breathless

She was so damn wild

Sometimes I think those were the best days of our lives. (Oh)

We were young and reckless

Too soon, out of time

Next time I'm 17

I won't be left behind

She would still be mine

She would still be mine

While the Iron Curtain fell

We were lying in a field

Shared the gin and cigarettes I'd stolen from my dad

We both knew what would happen next

In my cherry red AX

Did she know she was the best I'd ever had

Said we'd always be together

That we'd stay this way forever

The future seemed so very far away

Sometimes, when I

Think about those days it makes me wonder

What went by

Oh yeah, left me breathless

She was so damn wild

Sometimes I think those were the best days of our lives. (Oh)

We were young and reckless

Too soon, out of time

Next time I'm 17

I won't be left behind

She would still be mine

You must be married now

In some suburban house

Are you happy now?

Do you ever think back to those times?

It was so innocent

Do you ever meet me in your mind?

Oh yeah, she left me breathless

She was so damn wild

Sometimes I think those were the best days of our lives

We were young and reckless

Too soon, out of time

Next time I'm 17

I won't be left behind

And she would still be mine

(Oh yeah, she was)

She'd still be mine

(Sometimes)

Still be mine

(Best days of our lives)

We were young and reckless

Too soon, out of time

Next time I'm 17

I won't be left behind

She would still be mine