[single intro: "Keep very still, for the strangest things are about to happen."] / Oh I was seventeen /
when I heard the countdown start, it started slowly / and I thought it was my heart but then I
realised / that this time it was for real there was no place to hide / I had / to go out and feel, but
there was time to kill / and so I, I walked my way around town I tried to love the world / oh but the
world just got me down and so I looked for you / in every street of every town I wanted to see
your face / I wanna / I wanna see you now / I wanna see you now / Oh and so it went / Oh so it
went for several years I couldn't stand it / No / oh it must be getting near now that / you just don't
know / oh no you, you just don't understand how many people have seen you / in the arms of, of of
some other man / I've got to meet you / and find you / and take you by the hand / oh my God / my
God / you've got to understand / that I was seventeen / I didn't / I didn't know a thing at all / I've got
no reason / I've got no reason at all / Oh no / The time / of my life / oh I think you came too soon /
Yeah you came too soon then / Oh and it could / it could be tonight / if I ever leave this room / (I
never leave this room no) / Oh I wasted all my time on all those stupid things that only get me down
/ Get down, oh / Oh and the sky / is crying out tonight / for me to leave this town / so I'm gonna
leave this town / Goodbye / O.K. / Yeah you can leave me / oh you, you can go some other place /
you can't forget it / Yeah / you know, you know that's O.K. / `cos, `cos I own this town / Yeah,
yeah I brought it to its knees / Can you hear it crying? / Can you? / Can you hear it begging to me
"Please?" / I know it's coming / so soon now / oh, oh it's on it's way / Oh no / oh no / oh I can hear
them say / they say I can't survive / They say I, I'll never leave the ground / They say it's all a lie /
and now / and now it's coming down / Oh baby now / Time / of my life / oh I think you came too
soon / Yeah you came too soon now / Oh and it could / oh it could be tonight / if I ever leave this
room / (I never leave this room now) / Oh oh oh / I wasted all my time on all those stupid things that
only get me down / Get down, oh / Oh and the sky / is crying out tonight / for me to leave this town
/ So I'm gonna go / gonna be there / I'm gonna go / Bub-bye / It's O.K. / You don't have to care /
Really / Oh, oh really, I swear / No, no you owe me nothing / You owe nothing to me / And if I
messed it up baby / Then, that's all up to me / And if you go / then, then I won't follow, no, no / `cos
so many times I've been, I've been thinking maybe, oh maybe I should / No, I, I'm gonna stay / I,
I'm gonna make my way / Oh, I'm gonna get on through babe / I'm gonna make it all some day /
Oh, time / of my life / no I think you came too soon / You came too soon then / Oh and it could / it
could be tonight / if I ever leave this room / (I never, I never leave this room, no) / Oh oh oh / I
wasted all my time on all those stupid things that only get me down / Get down, oh / And the sky / is
crying out tonight / for me to leave this town / So I'll leave this town / the sky / is crying out tonight /
for me to leave this town / yeah I'm gonna leave this town / Time / is crying out tonight / for me to
leave this town / So I'm gonna go yeah / I'm gonna go / Yeah / Bub-bye / I'm gonna leave this town
/ You're not gonna have me around / Oh / The sky and stars and God will never ever laugh / Me
and stars and moon are falling down. [single outro: "You've just heard one of the most remarkable
applications in modern electronics."]
