Never Let Her Go

It was late July in that photograph

I could see her smile, hear her laugh

Feel our bare feet, in the sand

Holdin' on to each other's hand

Sunlight dancin' off her pretty face

Man, those were the days

Been washed away like our names in the sand with the waves

She had my heart

At seventeen

Now all I've got

Is her memory

Where she is now

I just don't know

How she got gone when i never let her go

Sometime when the wind is right

I can see us there on a summer night

With a blanket down, lookin' up at the starry sky

So in love that goodnight kiss never felt so sweet

Didn't know that'd be the last there'd be

But like the leaves, on an autumn tree

When the summer's gone, so was she

She had my heart

At seventeen

Now all I've got

Is her memory

Where she is now

I just don't know

How she got gone when I never let her go

I just know she's out there somewhere

Livin life with no regrets

I wish i could say the same for me

But i ain't got there

She had my heart

At seventeen

Man I fell so hard

I lost everything

Where she is now

I just don't know

How she got gone

She had my heart

At seventeen

Now all I've got

Is her memory

Where she is now

I just don't know

How she got gone when I never let her go

Never let her go

It was late July in that photograph

I could see her smile, hear her laugh