• she was seventeen

    just at the start

    of the rest of her life

    never wishing to become

    the homecoming queen

    just wanting to make the world

    a better place to be

    no ever thinks time can stop

    so suddenly



    6:01 on starry night

    she said a quick goodbye

    told her momma she’d be home

    by 9



    she was halfway there

    when she noticed

    something wasn’t right

    that car on the other side was coming on way too fast

    she never had enough time

    to see that SUV was in her lane

    never had enough time to get away



    (chorus)

    the wrong time

    the wrong place

    it just seems so wrong

    that an ordinary day

    can end so tragically

    she was a beautiful girl

    who’s smile lit up the world

    when everything seemed so

    dark and gray

    but now her life ends

    on this road

    all because of someone

    who never thought about

    what could be severed

    and now she’s

    gone forever



    Minutes turned into hours

    her momma’s waiting anxiously

    daddy’s trying to keep his cool

    she should’ve been home

    twenty minutes ago

    and then the doorbell rings

    and they get those fateful words

    that no one ever wants to know

    the driver of the SUV had an alcohol level of

    point one nine

    and got away without a scratch

    (chorus)



    Wonder who this girl

    Could have been

    now we’ll never know

    she had so much ahead of her

    had so much love

    and that girl was my best friend

    now I know just how soon

    things can end

    so sad that

    this happens time

    and time again

    but no one ever learns

    about what’s at stake

    the moment you take

    that first drink

    (chorus)