Foreigner

Released: September 10, 1979

Songwriter: Lou Gramm Mick Jones (Foreigner)

Producer: Ian McDonald Mick Jones (Foreigner) Roy Thomas Baker

[Verse 1]
Late last night
I get a call from a so-called friend
He wouldn't give his name
Says he saw you with another man
Feels like seventeen years
It's only seventeen days
Since I saw the real you
And I let you walk away
You left me broken
You left me stranded
The way you play this game of love
It's just plain underhanded
I spent a lot of time
And I spent all my money
Don't want no other fool
To put his hands on you
Who you been talking to?
Yeah who you been walking with?

[Chorus]
Seventeen, you're just seventeen
Seventeen

[Verse 2]
They said I was playing with fire
I knew I had to take a chance
I had to take you higher
To a new experience
But little did I know
I'd never get that far
Girl, you know you put on quite a show
You're going to be a star
When you grow older, girl
You'll remember I told you, girl

[Chorus][x3]

The name of the band Foreigner was chosen because half of the original members were from England, and the other half from the U.S. The group had quite a few people join and leave, but one of the originals, Mick Jones, (not Mick Jagger) stayed the whole time. Foreigner celebrated their 40th anniversary in 2017, with Mick still there.

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