[Intro]
   x4
 

[Verse 1]
             
I say, here st

     
and I
          
I can't do oth

erwise
       
But is it enou

gh?
           
And why'd you 

         
look so tough?
           
Back at Patric

  
k Park
           
We stood in th

    
e dark
           
In my beer-sta

       
ined mind
           
I said "please

            
 won't you be 

mine?"

[Chorus]
           
There's someth

             
ing dark hangi

           
n' over my hea

d
          
I'm seventeen,

              
 don't hold yo

       
ur breath
           
There's someth

             
ing dark hangi

           
n' over my hea

d
          
I'm seventeen,

              
 don't hold yo

       
ur breath

[Verse 2]
           
On the high sc

      
hool lot
           
You'd kiss me 

      
so long
            
But lessons do

    
n't last
            
When I'm playi

          
ng you so fast

[Chorus]
           
There's someth

             
ing dark hangi

           
n' over my hea

d
          
I'm seventeen,

              
 don't hold yo

       
ur breath
           
There's someth

             
ing dark hangi

           
n' over my hea

d
          
I'm seventeen,

              
 don't hold yo

       
ur breatH

[Verse 3]
           
Punch and firs

   
t collapse
           
Drunk at winte

      
r dance
           
Looks in red d

 
ress

Oh, what an aw

ful mess

[Chorus]
           
There's someth

             
ing dark hangi

           
n' over my hea

d
          
I'm seventeen,

              
 don't hold yo

       
ur breath
           
There's someth

             
ing dark hangi

           
n' over my hea

d
          
I'm seventeen,

              
 don't hold yo

       
ur breatH