Every day's a distraction All the animals just looking for action And Emily's free-styling rhymes Smoking in the girls' room to kill some time Cause all they want is a girl who Parties hard and doesn't bother to argue And nobody's worse for the wear Everybody's cool with the "I don't care" Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight But I've a feeling That she believes she's a bit old for cake and gifts and party favors Emily, everyone told her, it don't get much better Which only upset her, could this be as good as it gets? Just as bad as a half stack Of vodka tonic bottled up in her backpack She's badder than Big Heavy Janes She tunes it all out but the fact remains That all we do is talk about the future Like there's someway to control it Why not just enjoy the ride Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight But I've a feeling That she believes she's a bit old for cake and gifts and party favors Emily, everyone told her, it don't get much better Which only upset her, could this be as good as it gets? She said "If this is the night life, I'd rather stay in You call this a good time, I just call it a trend If this is as good as it gets then I'm packing up my shit and I'm gone And I'm not coming back." Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight But I've a feeling That she believes she's a bit old for cake and gifts and party favors Emily, everyone told her, it don't get much better Which only upset her, could this be as good as it gets? Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight But I've a feeling That she believes she's a bit old for cake and gifts and party favors Emily, everyone told her, it don't get much better Which only upset her, could this be as good as it gets?