Jonathan Richman

Just About 17

Jonathan Richman


I'm about seventeen I guess 
I read what the calendar said 
but I'm not about to drop dead 
I just happened on the scene 
and since I wake up in the morning 
and I love the world 
like a boy like a boy 
chasin his first girl 
what do numbers mean? 
I'm about seventeen 

let's get to the program 
wang dang do dang 
wang dang do dang 
just about seventeen 
i say 
wang dang do dang 
wang dang do dang 
just about seventeen 

and since I still want to laugh 
and I still want to go 
and since you still can't beat me 
for rock and roll 
what do numbers mean? 
I'm about seventeen 

I say I'm about seventeen 
yeah I know I read what the calendar said 
but my heart is not yet dead 
in fact I'm just showin up here on the scene 
and since I walk down your street 
with a certain joy 
usually found in a girl 
kissing her first boy 
what do numbers mean? 
I'm about seventeen 

wang dang do dang 
wang dang do dang 
just about seventeen 
i say 
wang dang do dang 
wang dang do dang 
just about seventeen 

? years ? getting older 
it still sounds so strange 
I wake up and I know 
that I havent changed 
you know what I mean 
I'm about seventeen