Do I miss you? Or do I miss the feelin'
Of wantin' someone so badly
that it almost stopped me from breathin'?
At every stop light, I've gotta face it
When you said, "I'll race you home, "
I didn't know all the things I'd be chasin'

And it's so unfair
It's so masochistic
How you're always there
But I can't ever relive it

Nothin' will ever be simple like seventeen
And the way that you loved me with no composure
And nothin' will ever hurt like bein' a lesson learned
And thinkin' it coulda worked if we were older
But nothin' will ever be simple like seventeen

I've spent ten months with another person (Another person)
But somehow it just pushed the memory of you
right back up to the surface

And it's so unfair (It's so unfair)
It's so masochistic
How I'll always care
But I can't ever relive it, 'cause

Nothin' will ever be simple like seventeen
And the way that you loved me with no composure
Nothin' will ever hurt like bein' a lesson learned
And thinkin' it coulda worked if we were older

Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh-ooh-ooh (If we were)
Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh-ooh-ooh (If we were)
Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh-ooh-ooh (If we were)
Oo-oo-oo-oo-ooh-ooh-ooh

Maybe I just have some growin' up to do
But maybe you were made for me to hold onto
So, maybe you can stay
but I still gotta make some room for somethin' new
Even though it's true

Nothin' will ever be simple like seventeen
And the way that you loved me with no composure
Nothin' will ever hurt like bein' a lesson learned
And thinkin' it coulda worked if we were older
But nothin' will ever be simple like seventeen