At seventeen you had me in-between
The devil and the deep blue sea
Before I knew, right out of the blue
Girl you had a hold on me

But if I had those days over again
I wouldn't change a thing
If I had a chance to ask you why
You know I wouldn't even try

I was twenty-one and I was so far gone
You couldn't reach me if you tried
Money to burn and nothing to learn
On an uphill downhill slide

But if I had those times over again
Where would I begin?
If I had a chance to ask you why
Well you know I wouldn't even try

On an uphill downhill slide
An uphill downhill slide

And I see your life in photographs
Frozen in another day
I wonder if you ever knew
I wonder if you felt the same

At seventeen you had me in-between
The devil and the deep blue sea
I was twenty-one and I was so far gone
Girl you had a hold on me

But if I had those days over again
Where would I begin?
If I had a chance to ask you why
You know I wouldn't even try

On an uphill downhill slide
An uphill downhill slide

At seventeen you had me in-between
An uphill downhill slide
At seventeen you had me in-between
An uphill downhill slide

Alison Jones, I saw her today
Two summers older she still takes my breath away
Ring on her finger and husband at home
Alison Jones, who would have known?

I said some words that I shouldn't have said
Now I just wish that I'd kept them all in my head
Easier now that the moment has gone
To try to convince myself I was the perfect one

Walked by the sign at the end of your street
The house where you lived, the places we'd meet
They feel empty and cold now that you're not around
How times have changed since the day that you changed me

Alison moved out with hardly a word
She said it was work but I think she was bored
With the people she knew and the places she'd been
Or could it be Mr Jones heard about me?

Then I said some words that I shouldn't have said
Now I just wish that I'd kept them all in my head
Easier now that the moment has gone
To try to convince myself I was the perfect one

Walked by the sign at the end of your street
The house where you lived, the places we'd meet
They feel empty and cold now that you're not around
How times have changed since the day that you changed me

Walked by the sign at the end of your street
The house where you lived the places we'd meet
They feel empty and cold now that you're not around
How times have changed

There's nowhere left to hide
And believe me I've tried
I know when I'm beat
I'm out on my feet
Before I lose my mind
Tell me what I might find
If I could see your life from here

Been leaning on my friends so hard
They've started to bend
And try as I might
I can't sleep tonight
Am I losing my grip
Would I let it all slip
If I could see your life from here

Caught in the headlights
Waiting for daylight
To show me which way to turn
So before I lose my mind
Tell me what I might find
If I could see your life from here

I call out your name
But it's always the same
The moment has gone
I've held back too long
Should the conversation turn
Tell me what I might learn
If I could see your life from here

Lost in a landslide
Waiting for daylight
To show me which way to turn
Am I losing my grip
Would I let it all slip
If I could see your life from here

There's nowhere left to hide
And believe me I've tried
I know when I'm beat
I'm out on my feet
So before I lose my mind
Tell me what I might find
If I could see your life from here
If I could see your life from here