When I Was Seventeen - Lyrics - Saint Etienne

When I was seventeen My heart and head were full of brilliant dreams Assembled in the light of a day That seems so far away Away And now When I was seventeen When I was seventeen I thought we knew everything We knew everything No responsibility Endless possibility What on Earth could possibly hurt me? Lubetkin Corbusier Van der Rohe Mendelsohn Modern, modern Brutalist architecture Future, future The future is clean and modern Space and light and dreams That's all people need And a place to sleep The music and the songs That you play Sound so far away Away (away) And now When I was seventeen When I was seventeen I thought we knew everything We knew everything When I was seventeen I thought we knew everything When I was seventeen When I was seventeen When I was seventeen When I was seventeen I was seventeen