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[Verse 1]

I'm not seventeen

And going on nowhere fast

A decade lost in the East Bay fog

Birthday cards thrown in the trash

Last year's calendar

On the wall, collecting dust

My friends, they say to tear it down

But instead I'll leave it up

[Chorus 1]

And now I'm twenty-seven

Driving to the 7-Eleven

Well, when I'm twenty-eight

Will I end up losing faith?

[Verse 2]

Promises decayed

On expiration dates

New Year's resolutions sold

To the bums out on the street

What was it all worth?

And was it worth the while?

Lost and found and ten years down

And torched it to the ground

[Chorus 2]

Oh, will I stand in line

When I turn twenty-nine?

So now I'll take a number

And it reads twenty-seven