Forever Seventeen

Verse 1

I saw you every Sunday

Standing by the chapel door

Your hair was always golden

I never said a word before

I practiced all my little speeches

In the mirror every night

But when you'd pass me on the walk

My courage took its flight

Pre-Chorus

Maybe I was just too young

Maybe you were just too kind

Maybe love that never starts

Is the sweetest kind to find

Chorus

Oh the love I never had

Stays forever seventeen

Oh the love I never had

Still the prettiest I've seen

I hold it like a paper heart

Folded in my chest

The love I never had

Is the one I love the best

Verse 2

I wrote your name in pencil

On a page I never sent

I picked wildflowers in the field

And told the sky my intent

The years have been so gentle

To the picture in my mind

You're still that girl in summer

And I'm still that boy behind

Pre-Chorus

Maybe I was just too shy

Maybe you were passing through

Maybe some things stay so lovely

Because they never came true

Chorus

Oh the love I never had

Stays forever seventeen

Oh the love I never had

Still the prettiest I've seen

I hold it like a paper heart

Folded in my chest

The love I never had

Is the one I love the best

Guitar Solo

Bridge

No letters in a shoebox

No promises I broke

Just a field of golden hours

And a name I never spoke

Chorus

Oh the love I never had

Stays forever seventeen

Oh the love I never had

Still the prettiest I've seen

I hold it like a paper heart

Folded in my chest

The love I never had

Is the one I love the best

Outro

Mm the love I never had

Mm the one I love the best