Damn You Seventeen
Lady Antebellum Lyrics

I still smell the smoke
The singer can still remember the smell of something that happened when they were seventeen

I still taste the crowd
The singer can still remember the taste of something that happened when they were seventeen

I still feel the line of love
The singer can still feel the love they had with someone when they were seventeen

The backseat with the windows halfway down
The artist can recall a specific moment where they were in the backseat with someone else, driving with the windows halfway down

Yeah I still hear 'pour some sugar on me' in the tape deck
The artist can recall a specific song that was playing on the tape deck when they were in the car

With both of us singin' along and I still hear me saying
The singer can recall singing along to the song with someone else and specifically remembers something they said during that moment

Baby, not yet, not yet
The singer remembers rejecting someone's advances and specifically recalls the phrase they used to do so

We talk about our memories
The artist and someone else often discuss their past experiences

Damn, girl, you put a few on me, on me
The artist admits that they have been emotionally affected by their memories with this person

Life pulled on like a limo under the highway after the prom
The artist compares the fast pace of life to a limo rushing past on a highway after prom

Time ran down like a scoreboard on the last Hail Mary bomb
The singer compares time passing to the ticking down of a scoreboard in a football game

My heart's still stuck at a stop light
The artist's heart is still emotionally stuck in the past on a specific moment

With you sittin' there next to me
The singer is stuck in that specific moment with someone else by their side

And the red light won't turn green
The singer feels as though they are unable to move on from the past

Yeah, it won't turn green, damn you, seventeen
The singer specifically blames being 17 years old for why they cannot move on from the past

I still smell your hair
The artist can still remember the scent of someone's hair from when they were 17

I still taste the salt
The artist can still recall the taste of something salty that was associated with someone they knew when they were 17

Mixed with the cherry on your lips
The singer can recall the taste of something cherry-flavored that was associated with someone they knew when they were 17

Afraid your momma might come home
The singer can remember being nervous that someone's mother might come home and catch them doing something they didn't want to be caught doing

I still see all of your vintage rock n' roll t-shirts
The artist specifically remembers seeing someone's rock and roll t-shirts from the past

Hangin' on your closet door
The artist can remember seeing someone's rock and roll t-shirts hanging on their closet door

Back when we didn't really know what we were
The artist can remember a time when they and someone else were young and naive about life

We were
The singer feels a sense of nostalgia for the time when they and someone else were young and naive about life

We talk about our heartache
The artist and someone else discuss emotional pain they have experienced in the past

I still want another replay, replay
The singer wishes they could re-experience certain events from the past again, as if they were replaying them

Well, I wanna call, but I bet your number's changed a couple times
The singer wants to reach out to someone from their past, but suspects that they have changed their phone number multiple times

A couple times ago, but I can't let you go
The singer can remember trying to move on from someone multiple times in the past, but they still cannot seem to let go of this person emotionally