Only Sixteen

Sam Cooke · Eight Classic Albums Plus [2009]

She was only sixteen

Only sixteen but I loved her so

She was too young to fall in love and I was too young to know



We'd laugh and we'd sing

And do funny things and it made our hearts glow

But she was too young to fall in love and I was too young to know



So why did I give my heart so fast

It never will happen again

But I was a mere child of sixteen

I've aged a year since then



She was only sixteen

Only sixteen

Oh

With eyes that would glow

But she was too young to fall in love and I was too young to know



So why did I give my heart so fast

But it never will happen again

But I were a mere child of sixteen

Oh

I've aged a year since then



She was only sixteen

Only sixteen

Oh

With eyes that would glow

But she was too young to fall in love and I was too young to know

But she was too young to fall in love and I was too young to know

But she was too young to fall in love and I was too young to know