One day I met you at the fair
You wore a leather jacket and your Viking hair
Was blown into tangles by the autumn wind
And you looked at me with a boyish grin

As usual you had come alone
You smelled like musk
And your Doc's Marten's shone
Then you greeted me with a lustful kiss
Saying 'Be right back, I gotta ****'

So I shrugged my shoulders
And I breathed a sigh
You were always too honest and I was shy
Thinking 'Man, oh man, opposites DO attract'
Wishing you'd hurry up and be right back

And the dim lights flashed on the carnival rides
And the smell of food was strong and fried
Returning, you pinched me on the ****
Then you nuggied my head like a crazy nut

And we walked around till we came to a stand
That sold Heineken in glass or cans
And for three Deutch marks
We got drunk obscene
When one beers all it took
'Cause you're seventeen

Then we saw your brother on the bumper cars
Laughing up a storm as the twinkling stars
Were more luminous than they had ever been
Before that night or ever since

Then when no one was looking we snuck around
Where they hid all the wires
That lay on the ground
And you took my face in your boyish hands
Saying 'Come with me to my Stairwell Land'

And I'll lay down a blanket or sleeping bag
I'll smoke a joint and you a ***
And we'll makeout on the balcony
Till the sun comes up or you have to leave'

The football field was down below
The chalk lines ***** against the glow
Of the full moon hanging in the Heidelberg sky
Where teenage love was drawing nigh

And we kissed and we cuddled
Never doing the deed
'Cause I was a ****** and you were not keen
On messing things up by a physical thing
When feelings meant more than a casual fling

And the hours went by at hyper speed
When your mother came in saying
'Quarter to three?! '
And the front door closed with its German lock
To my own stairwell alone I walked

Into my bedroom where I lived in peace
Was the place I went and confusion ceased
While my parents quarreled in the living room
Always chiding each other and full of gloom

On that night I swore right there and then
I would never EVER be like them
'Cause that night was like a swift vaccine
But what is love when you're seventeen?


Written by Sara Fielder © Jan 2012