17 is too young

and if you're going my way - maybe i could stay 'til friday.
there's so much i wanna say - but baby i don't want to bore you.
i got a pack of cigarettes and the best of guns 'n roses.
my girlfriend's a mess and i don't want to go to war.

and i don't want to fight anyone.
i just want to be a kid again.
i don't want to hurt anyone.
i just want to go to bed.

well there's a megaphone in my head trying to tell me it's ok.
to kill another man in the name of foreign trade.
yeah, i was on drugs - i was in love with hate.
now i'm in the back of the line trying to steal away.

and i don't want to fight anyone.
i just want to be a kid again.
i don't want to hurt anyone.
i just want to go to bed.
yeah, wake me up in another day.
when men don't kill in the name of faith.
i just want to see my baby's face.
i want to work in a record store.
i want to clean up my mistakes.
i want to learn to play guitar.
i just want to see my baby's face.
i'm gonna move to mexico