Every day's a distraction
 
 All the animals just looking for action
 
 And Emily's free-styling rhymes
 
 Smoking in the girls' room to kill some time
 
  
  Cause all they want is a girl who
 
 Parties hard and doesn't bother to argue
 
 And nobody's worse for the wear
 
 Everybody's cool with the "I don't care"
  
 
 Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight
 
 But I've a feeling
 
 That she believes she's a bit old for cake and gifts and party favors
 
 Emily, everyone told her, it don't get much better
 
 Which only upset her, could this be as good as it gets?
  
 
 Just as bad as a half stack
 
 Of vodka tonic bottled up in her backpack
 
 She's badder than Big Heavy Janes
 
 She tunes it all out but the fact remains
 
 That all we do is talk about the future
 
 Like there's someway to control it
 
 Why not just enjoy the ride
  
 
 Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight
 
 But I've a feeling
 
 That she believes she's a bit old for cake and gifts and party favors
 
 Emily, everyone told her, it don't get much better
 
 Which only upset her, could this be as good as it gets?
  
 
 She said "If this is the night life, I'd rather stay in
 
 You call this a good time, I just call it a trend
 
 If this is as good as it gets then I'm packing up my shit and I'm gone
 
 And I'm not coming back."
  
 
 Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight
 
 But I've a feeling
 
 That she believes she's a bit old for cake and gifts and party favors
 
 Emily, everyone told her, it don't get much better
 
 Which only upset her, could this be as good as it gets?
  
 
 Seventeen candles are burning bright tonight
 
 But I've a feeling
 
 That she believes she's a bit old for cake and gifts and party favors
 
 Emily, everyone told her, it don't get much better
 
 Which only upset her, could this be as good as it gets?