Only Sixteen Lyrics
I loved her so
But she was too young to fall in love (Sixteen, sixteen)
And I was too young to know
We'd laugh and we'd sing, and do the little things (Sixteen, sixteen)
That made my heart glow
But she was too young to fall in love (Sixteen, sixteen)
And I was too young to know
Why did I give my heart so fast?
It never will happen again
But I was a mere lad of sixteen
I've aged a year since then
She was only sixteen, only sixteen (Sixteen, sixteen)
With eyes that would glow
But she was too young to fall in love (Sixteen, sixteen)
And I was too young to know
(Then why did you give your heart so fast?)
Boy, it never will happen again
(But you were a mere lad of sixteen)
I've aged a year since then
She was only sixteen, only sixteen (Sixteen, sixteen)
With eyes that would glow
But she was too young to fall in love (Sixteen, sixteen)
And I was too young to know
But she was too young to fall in love (Sixteen, sixteen)
And I was too young to know
Whoa, she was too young to fall in love (Sixteen, sixteen)
And I was too young to know
About
“Only Sixteen” is a song by American singer-songwriter Sam Cooke, released in May 1959. The song was a top 15 hit on Billboard’s Hot R&B Sides chart and also charted within the top 30 of the Billboard Hot 100 and the UK Singles Chart. It the UK it was covered, and taken to No. 1, by Craig Douglas.
“Only Sixteen” was inspired by the sixteenth birthday of Lou Rawls' stepsister, Eunice. The song was originally intended for actor Steve Rowland, who often hung around the Keen studio. Rowland asked Cooke to write a song for him, and Cooke borrowed the bridge from an earlier song of his, “Little Things You Do”. Rowland’s manager disliked the song, and Cooke re-recorded it for himself.
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