From the new album, 'Wanderer', out May 17, 2024 on Blue Muse Records
"Seventeen" written by Ruth Moody © Ruth Moody SOCAN
Available now on CD and Vinyl at www.ruthmoody.com/store
LYRICS:
I remember trying to draw your face
How many times every line did I erase
To get it right
I remember walking up your street
I'd try and time it just right so that we might meet
Then I’d call out your name
If I could go back
I’d show you all the ways that you made me feel
If I could go back
I’d take you in my arms try and set us free
If I could go back
I wouldn’t be here now trying to say ‘I’m sorry’
Under the bleachers in Aubrey park
It was starting to snow I was getting cold it was getting dark
You gave me your coat
I could see the words forming in your eyes
You started to say it I couldn’t take it
I tried to hide
Too scared of your flame
If I could go back
I’d show you all the ways that you made me feel
If I could go back
I’d take you in my arms try and set us free
If I could go back
I wouldn’t be here now trying to say ‘I’m sorry’
I was seventeen
By the time I knew it it was too late
You had your goals you decided to go I was gonna stay
I said ‘it’s better this way’
I thought I’d try not to say goodbye
But I took your Replacements tape to the station just in time
To call out your name
If I could go back
I’d show you all the ways that you made me feel
If I could go back
I’d take you in my arms try and set us free
If I could go back
I’d read every letter that you wrote to me
If I could go back
And be seventeen
Produced by Dan Knobler and Ruth Moody
Engineered by Dan Knobler at Sound Emporium Studio A, Nashville TN
Mixed by Tucker Martine at Flora Recording and Playback
Mastered by Philip Shaw Bova
Original art by Roberta Landreth