It's easy to play pretend
When you're a wannabe know-it-all rebel kid
Driving a second-hand pick-up truck
That you bought wrecked
Friday night football lights
Saturday night keg party dreams
She took a little piece of you when
She gave back your class ring
It wasn't the real thing
Just a practice swing
Life was just a new song blaring on the radio
Fake ID that worked at the Amoco
Wanted real money, borrowed time
First base, first love up all night
Bending the rules, playing the game
White lies, little sins fade away
Everything about 17
Is just a practice swing
♪
Overnight it all changed
All the faces and all the names
Everybody started keeping score
In a rat race for a little more
But in my head, I'm still that kid
Fighting this dog
Ain't got no quit
Man I'd love to do it all again
Like I did way back when
Life was just a new song blaring on the radio
Fake ID that worked at the Amoco
Wanted real money, borrowed time
First base, first love up all night
Bending the rules, playing the game
White lies, little sins fade away
Everything about 17
Is just a practice swing
♪
Life was just a new song blaring on the radio
Fake ID that worked at the Amoco
Wanted real money, borrowed time
First base, first love up all night
Bending the rules, playing the game
White lies, little sins fade away
Everything about 17
Is just a practice swing (life was just a new song blaring on the radio)
Is just a practice swing (fake ID that worked at the Amoco)
Is just a practice swing (life was just a new song blaring on the radio)
Is just a practice swing (fake ID that worked at the Amoco)