Seventeen stuffed teddy bears
Lay on a cold gravestone
One for every year that you've been gone
Just to say I love you and I'm thinking of you still
And I always will
Seventeen red roses
Placed in a heart shaped face
Tattered, torn, and broken just like mine
Even though the tears are flowing gently down my face
I'll be just fine
I wish I could've known you even for a little while
But that's not the way the world had planned
I just have to close my eyes and see an angel's smile
One day that might help me understand
Why unlike sand
Angel dust won't slip right through my hand
Seventeen bright candles
Left lighting in your name
All beside each other in a row
Broken hearted memories flicker in each flame
And through the afterglow
I wish I could've known you even for a little while
But that's not the way the world had planned
I just have to close my eyes and see an angel's smile
One day that might help me understand
Why unlike sand
Angel dust won't slip right through my hand
Now it's time for me to say goodbye
I'm sorry that my tears dropped on your stone
Seventeen times I tried not to cry
But I hate to leave you here alone
I wish I could've held you even for a little while
But that's not the way the world had planned
I just have to close my eyes and see an angel's smile
One day that might help me understand
Why unlike sand
Angel dust won't slip right through my hand
Why unlike sand
Angel dust won't slip right through my hand
Seventeen stuffed teddy bears
Lay on a cold gravestone
One for every year that you've been gone