Lyrics Seventeen - Eyes Of The Lord

Seventeen

I was seventeen in 1983
Dropped out of school
And joined the infantry
In jungles and bars
I learned to be a man
1980's Panama was a wild lawless land
Fucked a lot of hookers
I drank to crush the fear
Riots, combat zones…
How I spent my senior year
Had a lot of late nights of excess and sin
Lot of bloody fist fights
Felt like home, I fit in
Violence seemed pervasive
It always fucking worked
When it starts to go bad
You might as well be first
Fucked a lot of hookers
I drank to crush the fear
Riots, combat zones…
How I spent my senior year
In the end all I have are dusty memories
Almost like a dream filled with insanity
Violence seemed pervasive
It always fucking worked
When it starts to go bad
You might as well be first