Teenage Fantasy Lyrics

[Verse 1]
You weren't the boy I thought I knew
Maybe I was blind, I was young, I didn't have a clue
You were the topic of my lunch times
I'd bore the girls about our chats
And get upset when you didn't text back

I was warned by my brothers to find another lover
Stop falling for these boys who didn't want the same as me
And I was warned by my brothers to find another lover
Stop falling for these boys who didn't want the same as me

[Chorus]
We all want a teenage fantasy
Want it when we can't have it
When we got it we don't seem to want it
We all want a teenage fantasy
Want it when we can't have it
When we got it we don't seem to want it


[Verse 2]
I've got a lot of things to do
What if I had been a fool and thought I was in love with you
I need to grow and find myself before I let somebody love me
Because at the moment I don't know me

When I was told by my father, if I look into the future
Do I really see this boy, that I think I've fallen for?
And I was told by my mother, if I look into the future
Do I really see this boy, that I think I've fallen for?

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Released on June 5, 2017, “Teenage Fantasy” was written when Jorja was 16 [source: Instagram].

The song features humming recorded while Smith was babysitting when she was 16 years old.

The track’s artwork features her mother.

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Is there a live performance?
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Yes! Jorja performed it during her BRITs' 2018 Critics' Choice session before going on to the win the award.

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June 5, 2017
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