17

I made the vision boards with the clothes and the limousines I thought my high school years would be just like the magazines I sit in parking lots to forget what I'm driving towards Then tie myself in knots trying to find what I do it for Fake it 'til you make it, but you know you never will I spent all my years daydreaming by the windowsill The future's what you make of it, and I know that's the deal But really who was going to tell me that the future wasn't real I never needed a happy ending I only wanted to feel like I'm okay Whoever said it was fun to be seventeen Was insane Now I spend all my time on the rocks or the telephone I stay up every night cause my time isn't mine alone Jealous of everyone, isn't this just the teenage dream I keep it all inside every day, 'til I wanna scream Every day's a battle with the people on the screen Sick of everybody saying I know what you mean Bored of who I am but I hate everyone I'm not And no, I don't know what I did but I'm afraid of getting caught I've never had any expectations When I was seven, I tried to run away No freaking wonder I lost all my energy And the game I never needed a perfect story I only wanted to keep the worst at bay Whoever said it was fun to be seventeen Was insane I wanted polaroids and parties on the beach I want a plastic crown that says that I'm a queen Ah, I wanna be the one that people wanna be I, I wanna be, I, I wanna be It isn't fair, the things I never got to see It isn't quite like to be young is to be free Ah, It isn't possible, so who would wanna be Who, would wanna be Seventeen Oh It isn't even the fact that I'm seventeen anyway I never needed a new beginning I only wanted somewhere that I could stay Whoever said it was fun to be seventeen Was insane