Lyrics

 

She came from Oklahoma

Where the prairie met the sky

A weathered house, a front porch swing

Fields stretched far and wide

She learned the chores at sunrise

before she walked to school

Grandma had the room upstairs

Her Grandpa gone too soon

She taught her how to bake the bread

To make her bed just right

But somewhere in those little things

She taught her how to fly

 

She said, "Grandma, what's your secret?

How do you keep that smile?

After all the roads you've traveled

And all the lonely miles?"

 

 It wasn't always easy,

 It wasn't always hard.

 Life will leave a few scars behind,

If you love, you'll bear that part.

 "But don't let the years persuade you

That your dreams must drift apart.

 If you want to stay forever young,

Stay seventeen in your heart."

 

 Her daddy got lost to whiskey

Before she reached sixteen

Her mama held the farm together

On faith and borrowed dreams

Grandma never spoke of sorrow

Like it was something to deny

She'd just brush away the dust

And face another sunrise

 

 

There was fire behind her laugh

Gentle kindness from the start

The older that her face became

The younger grew her heart

 

She'd say, "Child, don't fear tomorrow.

Don't count the things you've lost.

The richest souls are often shaped

By everything they cost."

 

"It wasn't always easy,

 It wasn't always hard.

 Life will leave a few scars behind,

 If you love, you'll bear that part.

 "But don't let the years persuade

That your dreams must drift apart.

 If you want to stay forever young,

 Stay seventeen in your heart."

 

Twenty years have come and gone

Since Grandma passed away

The old house and the porch swing

Are memories today

She holds her little girl

As evening greets the stars

She smiles and hears her Grandma say,

"Stay seventeen in your heart."

 

it isn't always easy.

it isn't always hard.

Love will break your heart

Then somehow heal the scars.

 Hold on to your sense of wonder.

Keep believing from the start.

If you want to never grow old,

Stay seventeen in your heart.

Stay seventeen... In your heart.

 

 

 

 

 

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