Sixteen lyrics

You've been a juvenile with a dolphin smile

With no elbow room, with your body in bloom

You've had your little backyard protected by big walls

You didn't dare look over ‘cause you've been too small

Now you're finally sixteen and you're feeling old

But they won't believe that you got a soul

‘Cause you're only sixteen and you're feeling real

But you can't seem to cop a feel

Why do they have to force us through this metamorphose?

Little butterfly, no matter how you try

You'll be segregated, you're gonna be closed off

You're callow and you’re green ‘cause you're caught between

You're only sixteen, try to cross the line

But your little wings are intertwined

You're only sixteen and you're such a tease

And there's nothing you do that can really please

"These children!

They're not really bad most of them

They're just products of rotten neighborhoods

And bad family situations"

You know you can't forsake it, so sit back and take it

You see you're just not ripe, so don't try and fight that

You're only sixteen, you wanna catch a peek

But they look at you like you're such a freak

Well, you're only sixteen with a lot to say

But they won't give you the time of day

You're only sixteen

You're only sixteen

You're just sixteen

You poor little thing