Has it been 17 years
Since we first spoke
out by the docks
You caught your first fish and I helped you out
We thought it was gross
and threw it back in
And walked home as friends
And it was wasn’t too long
‘Til we were out back
Practicing kissing our cats

When you turned to me and you said
Why not work on each other instead?
Sugar has never been so sweet.

Has it been 17 years
That you’ve known my faults
And said only praise
You took all my fears and my worries away
You never complained
Or said what you needed to say
And I wish that you would have complained
Or that I was smart
Or better
So I could fix everything

Left when you hung up the phone
For the first time I’m feeling alone
And I’m not looking for a lover
Just the friend that I discovered
17 years ago
When I heard a shout