I told you things I never would tell anyone again
I opened up my heart and let you in
You told me all your dreams about those places far away
We were going to leave this town and break away
But summertime was ending and with one last kiss goodbye
We made promises the future would deny
Real life got in the way and sorrow interfered
And the carefree dreams of summer, one by one they disappeared
But I see you there at seventeen
With long brown hair and eyes of green
Before we knew it something came and went
We told our secrets, shared our dreams
We made our plans, and hatched our schemes
Autumn came and summertime was spent
And we were
Honest and innocent
Honest and innocent
I live with consequences for the things I never said
All the hollow words that echoed in my head
I've tried to call a thousand times and write a thousand more
Long past a time when teenage secrets didn't matter anymore
The heart develops armor as it's calloused by the years
From all the pain life deals us, from our worries and our fears
We lose the hope of childhood and I pray I don't become
Cynical, indifferent, never trusting anyone
So I think of you at seventeen
With long brown hair and eyes of green
Before we knew it something came and went
We told our secrets, shared our dreams
We made our plans, and hatched our schemes
Autumn came and summertime was spent
And we were
Honest and innocent
Honest and innocent
I saw you at a distance in town the other day
I met your eyes just briefly, saw you smile and turn away
The kids were hanging on you, all pulling separate ways
But in the chaos I saw something in the smile there on your face
The girl I knew has slipped away
The brown hair with a touch of gray
From the march of time that never will relent
The woman standing in her place
Has gentle lines upon her face
That tell of pain, and hope, and laughter spent
And something there
After all these years
Honest and innocent
I dream of you at seventeen
With long brown hair and eyes of green
Before we knew it something came and went
We told our secrets, shared our dreams
We made our plans and hatched our schemes
Autumn came and summertime was spent
And we were
Honest and innocent
Honest and innocent
Honest and innocent