17

Brazzaville

Take me to your house 
And show me to all your family 
I don't care about 
The fool that it makes me seem 
'Cause I know that you're 17 
And I'm just an aging dandy 
The world is light and dark 
And we live in between 

When I was a boy 
I wandered the streets of downtown 
Staring at the sky 
And feeling that I didn't belong 
In a world where the gentle seem wrong 
And teeth get knocked out on Sundays 
I lay down in the shower 
And make it go away 

This fading world 
My lovely girl 

And I know that you're 17 
And I'm just an aging dandy 
The world is light and dark 
And we live in between