Intro:  
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Seventeen..wah-ooo-wah-ooo..and he was one year more. 
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Seventeen..wah-ooo-wah-ooo..and he, the girl, adored. 

#1. 
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She was only seventeen and he was one year more. 
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She loved him with all her heart and he, the girl 
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adored. 
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But all their friends believed they were too young 
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to know the score.. 
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cause she was only seventeen and he was one year more. 
      
#2. 
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Are they old enough to know if love will last for life? 
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Isn't he too young to be a husband, her a wife? 
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Within the past I bet it's happened more than once before. 
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When someone else was seventeen, another, one year more. 

Bridge: 
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Do we have the right to question love that seems so strong? 
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As long as God has no objections there can be no wrong. 

#3. 
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Let us be the first to wish them all the very best. 
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Let us hope their love is strong enough to meet the test. 
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Cause like I say, I bet it's happened more than once before. 
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When someone else was seventeen, another, one year more. 

Bridge: 
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Do we have the right to question love that seems so strong? 
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As long as God has no objections there can be no wrong. 

#4. 
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Let us be the first to wish them all the very best. 
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Let us hope their love is strong enough to meet the test. 
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Cause like I say, I bet it's happened more than once before. 
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When someone else was seventeen, another, one year more. 

OUTRO: 
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Wah-ooo-wah-(seventeen)..wah-wah-wah. 


A fifties smash from Kraziekhat.