No Place For A 17 Year Old

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3:54

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No Place For A 17 Year Old I remember trying to act cool walking up to that bar, Asked for a beer, my heart beating hard Gave him a fake I.D. He looked at it, then he looked back at me He said aint tonight the big home coming game Our Mustangs are playing Loraine As he wiped a glass he said, you don’t want to miss that Trust me kid cuz I should know This aint no place for a 17 year old You oughta be cheering with your girl sitting in the stands Sharing a corn dog and holding hands And giving her your letter jacket cuz she’s cold And leaning in close to steal a kiss Think about all the things you’d miss…in here Where broken people come and go This aint no place for a 17 year old I stood there for a minute in the noise and the smoke Said on second thought hell I’ll take a coke Then he smiled at me, handed back that fake I.D. He said, you know what, when I was your age I quit school in the 11th grade My buddies and me, went off and joined the marines Trying hard to grow up fast Too young and dumb to realize that we were skipping right past Cheering with a girl sitting in the stands Sharing a corn dog and holding hands And giving her my letter jacket cuz she’s cold And leaning in close to steal a kiss Man it hit me like a ton of bricks Trying to sleep in the mud in a wet foxhole…thinking This aint no place for a 17 year old I remember walking out and looking back And hearing that bartender say You can still catch the second half… I hope to see you there Cheering with your girl sitting in the stands Sharing a corn dog and holding hands And giving her your letter jacket cuz she’s cold And leaning in close to steal a kiss Now there’s something you don’t want to miss Maybe I’ll buy you a beer on down the road But this aint no place for a 17 year old No this aint no place