Seventeen Candles

Every day's a distraction,

All the animals just looking for action

And Emily's free-stylin' rhymes

Smoking in the girls' room to kill some time

'Cause all they want is a girl who

Parties hard and doesn’t bother to argue,

And nobody's worse for the wear -

Everybody's cool with the “I don't care”

Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight

But I've a feeling that she believes

She's a bit over cake and gifts and party favors

"Emily," everyone told her, "it don’t get much better,"

Which only upset her - could this be as good as it gets?

Dressed as loud as a half stack,

A vodka tonic bottled up in her backpack

She's badder than big heavy chains

She tunes it all out, but the fact remains

That all they do is talk about the future

Like there's someway to control it

Why not just enjoy the ride?

Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight

But I've a feeling that she believes

She's a bit over cake and gifts and party favors

"Emily," everyone told her, "it don’t get much better,"

Which only upset her - could this be as good as it gets?

She said, “If this is the nightlife, I’d rather stay in

You call this a good time; I just call it a trend

If this is as good as it gets, then I’m packing up my shit and I’m gone,"

(And I’m not coming back)

Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight

But I've a feeling that she believes

She's a bit over cake and gifts and party favors

"Emily," everyone told her, "it don’t get much better,"

Which only upset her - could this be as good as it gets?

Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight

But I've a feeling that she believes

She's a bit over cake and gifts and party favors

"Emily," everyone told her, "it don’t get much better,"

Which only upset her - could this be as good as it gets?