Sweet 17 in summertime   Drunk on Elderberry wine   Laughing in the cornfields   And taking our sweet time      The world was ours together   And all the things we had   Were cast up in the future baby   How could things turn out bad?      Now I ain't waiting for   Those days to return   You showed me what love was   I had such a lot to learn      Hey baby   I never knew a love so fine   (When you were mine)   Sweet darling   When you were mine   (When you were mine)      7 days a week, 365 a year   We tripped the wild fantastic edge   The truth was always clear      They could never tame our wild hearts   Or stop us making love   We were so inseparable   We could never get enough      And it seems like only yesterday   You made my world turn   And these days I think about ya   The fire still burns      Hey baby   I never knew a better time   (When you were mine)   Sweet darling   When you were mine   (When you were mine)   Alright      Everything we had was so complete   And all our young hearts wanted   Was to be swept off our feet, yeah   When you were mine in summertime      I know there's no sense in looking back   But everytime I think of it baby   I just have to laugh      Yeah, well maybe just sometimes, on my own   Looking at my watch and thinking how time's flown   Come back baby, like summer time   And we can break a bottle of that Elderberry wine      Hey baby   I never knew a better time   (When you were mine)   Sweet darling yeah   When you were mine   (When you were mine)      Hey darling   Come back to me one more time   (When you were mine)   Sweet darling   When you were mine   (When you were mine)   Everything was good   Everything was fine      When you were mine   (When you were mine)   When you were mine baby   (When you were mine)   Come back just like summertime, summertime