17

See as people we try, to please one another
 In order to be equal, we lie
 So we don't have to suffer, no
 But I'm tired of hiding for the benefit of my peers
 What's so wrong with shining?
 Why've you got so much fear?
 I got my skin all out
 I don't care I'm proud to be me, yeah
 I was scared to stand out now I'm wearing my hair down
 And I feel so free
 Oh, it's good to be 17
 Well, I feel so free
 Oh, it's good to be 17
 17
 See, as teenagers we think we have to blend
 But if you want to be greater than this
 There's no use in pretending
 'Cause I tried to change myself for the benefit of my friends
 Well, now it's time to wave goodbye 'cause
 My used-to-be's are at an end
 Well, now I got my skin all out
 I don't care I'm proud to be me, yeah
 I was scared to stand out now I'm wearing my hair down
 And I feel so free
 Oh, it's good to be 17, baby
 I feel so free
 Oh, it's good to be 17
 17
 I will be myself 'cause I like who I'm becoming
 If you're ready come with me
 These boots were made for running
 But I'm sick of running
 In circles around ya
 This ain't about ya (No)
 This ain't about ya
 I got my skin all out
 I don't care I'm proud to be me, yeah
 And I was scared to stand out now I'm wearing my hair down
 And I feel so free
 Oh, it's good to be 17
 17
 17
 17
 17
 I will be myself 'cause I like who I'm becoming
 If you're ready come with me
 These boots were made for running
 But I'm sick of running
 In circles around ya
 This ain't about ya
 This ain't about ya