he grew up in the sunset the wind at his back and he longed to remember some things in our past we re both over thirty but still seventeen just trying to hold on to some old high school dreams well there ve been women and lovers and lots of miles in between there ve been barrooms and bedrooms and lots of nights with jim beam been tequila sunrises times i wish i d never seen but it s hard to act thirty when your dancin to sweet seventeen now there s two wives and six kids and miles in between us and no time for us anymore all the wild nights and bar fights and ditches and blue lights are a million dark nights from before well there ve been women and lovers and lots of miles in between there ve been barrooms and bedrooms and lots of nights with jim beam been tequila sunrises times i wish i d never seen but it s hard to act thirty when your dancin to sweet seventeen no it s hard to act thirty when your dancin to sweet seventeen