If I could write a letter to me
And send it back in time
to myself at seventeen
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First, I'd prove it's me by sayin'
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look under your bed
There's a Skoal can and a Playboy
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no one else would know you hid
And then I'd say I know it's tough
When you break up after seven months
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And yeah, I know you really liked her
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and it just don't seem fair
But all I can say is pain like that
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is fast and it's rare
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And, oh, you got so much
goin' for you, goin' right
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But I know at seventeen
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it's hard to see past Friday night
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She wasn't right for you
and still you feel like there's a knife
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Stickin' out of your back
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and you're wonderin' if you'll survive
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But you'll make it through this and you'll see
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You're still around
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to write this letter to me
At the stop sign at Tomlinson and Eighth
Always stop completely,
well, don't just tap your brakes
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And when you get a date with Bridgett,
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make sure the tank is full
On second thought, forget it,
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that one turns out kinda cool
Each and every time you have a fight
Just assume you're wrong and Dad is right
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And you should really thank Ms. Brinkman,
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she spends so much extra time
It's like she sees the diamond underneath
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and she's polishin' you 'til you shine
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And, oh, you got so much
goin' for you, goin' right
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But I know at seventeen
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it's hard to see past Friday night
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Tonight's the bonfire rally,
but you're stayin' home instead
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Because if you fail Algebra,
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Mom and Dad'll kill you dead
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But trust me, you'll squeak by and get a C
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And you're still around
to write this letter to me
Well, you got so much up ahead
and you'll make new friends
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You should see your kids and wife
And I'd end by sayin' have no fear
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These are no where near the
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best years of your life
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I guess I'll see you in the mirror
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when you're a grown man
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P.S. go hug Aunt Rita every chance you can
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And, oh, you got so much
goin' for you, goin' right
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But I know at seventeen
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it's hard to see past Friday night
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I wish you'd study Spanish,
I wish you'd take a typin' class
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I wish you wouldn't worry, let it be
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Hey, I'd say have a little faith
and you'll see
Brad Paisley 
