Forever and Seventeen

There's a '69 Chevy with flames on the hood
That I bought from my dad, it never ran real good
There's a pretty young thing I'd like to take for a ride
She said, I get off at 7, why don't you meet me outside
And the light from the radio flickered and gleamed
We were somewhere in the middle of forever and seventeen

She said how come I've never really seen you around
It's so hard to meet somebody new in this town
I said honey, you never met a boy like me
Why don't you climb in the back and you can see what I mean
We were already gone when the light turned green
We were somewhere in the middle of forever and seventeen

The light from the neon was fading
The midnight sun seemed to shine
We were almost there but I knew that we were out of time

There's a '69 Chevy with flames on the hood
She said thanks for the ride, you know it ran real good
There's a highway full of promises I can't keep
And it's getting kinda late, I better get home to sleep
She said, I hope that you don't think that I'm being mean
I'm just somewhere in the middle of forever and seventeen