Seventeen, you don't think that much about life You just live it Like Kerosene dancin' 'round a fire But you're in it So you jump right in Ain't afraid to fall And you give it all She got the best of me She broke my heart Now all that's left of me Is beating in this guitar Every night, a different town She follows me around So you get what's left of me Yeah, you get what's left of me 'Cause she got the best of me I picked myself up off the floor And found something new worth livin' for And a, old dusty hand-me-down six string And a couple chords I'm gettin' over her A little more with every song So y'all sing along She got the best of me She broke my heart Now all that's left of me Is beating in this guitar Every night, a different town She follows me around So you get what's left of me Yeah, you get what's left of me 'Cause she got the best of me Whoa, whoa oh She got the best of me She broke my heart Now all that's left of me Is beating in this guitar Every night, a different town She follows me around So you get what's left of me Yeah, you get what's left of me 'Cause she got the best of me She got the best of me She got the best of me