David Gates in 1975
Birth name David Ashworth Gates
Born December 11, 1940 (age 75)
Tulsa, Oklahoma, United States
Genres Rock and roll, soft rock, country, pop, adult contemporary
songwriter
producer
Instruments
Vocals Guitar Bass Guitar Moog Synthesizer Hammond Organ Violin Viola Percussion
Years active 1957–present
Labels A&M, Elektra
Associated acts Bread

David Gates Albums

• 1973: First
• 1975: Never Let Her Go
• 1978: Goodbye Girl
• 1979: Falling in Love Again
• 1981: Take Me Now
• 1985: Anthology
• 1994: Love Is Always Seventeen
• 2002: The David Gates Songboo

David Gates-Love Is Always Seventeen Lyrics

Seventeen – It’s been a while since I’ve seen seventeen
And the years since have been mighty lean
But there’s no use complainin’
Forty-two-has a way of creeping up on you
And my chances left are gettin’ few
But there’s till time remainin’
I’ve been waiting for someone
Who loves the way I do
Girl I’ve got my fingers crossed
In hopes it might be you…
Twenty-one…that’s how many different jobs I’ve done
I remember quittin’ every one
With no hesitatin’
And thirty-three…
That’s how many women left on me
I don’t have too good a history
But I don’t mind waitin’…
‘Cause it really doesn’t matter
How many years you’ve seen
‘Cause love is always seventeen
Wonder if you’ll be the one
To end this lonesome heart
‘Cause girl I’ve got a lot to give
And I’d sure like to start.
It really doesn’t matter
How many years you’ve seen
‘Cause love is always seventeen

And Aubrey was her name.
We tripped the light and danced together to the moon,
But where was June.
No it never came around.
If it did it never made a sound,
Maybe I was absent or was listening to fast,
Catching all the words, but then the meaning going past,

But God I miss the girl,
And I’d go a thousand times around the world just to be
Closer to her than to me.

And Aubrey was her name,
I never knew her, but I loved her just the same,
I loved her name.
Wish that I had found the way
And the reasons that would make her stay.
I have learned to lead a life apart from all the rest.
If I can’t have the one I want, I’ll do without the best.

But how I miss the girl
And I’d go a million times around the world just to say
She had been mine for a day.

When she confronted with the writing there,
Simply pretended not to care.
I passed it off as just in keeping with
Her total disconcerting air
And though she tried to hide
The love that she denied,
Wouldn’t you know it, she wouldn’t show it.

And as I go through my life, I will give to her my wife
All the sweet things that I can find.

I found her diary underneath a tree.
And started reading about me.
The words began stick and tears to flow.
Her meaning now was clear to see.
The love she’d waited for was someone else not me
Wouldn’t you know it, she wouldn’t show it.

And as I go through my life, I will wish for her his wife
All the sweet things that she can find
All the sweet things they can find