Only Sixteen-Sam Cooke

[ti:***teen] [ar:No Doubt] [al:] [la:uk] [00:26]Youve been a juvenile [00:29]With a dolphin smile [00:32]With no elbow room [00:35]With your body in bloom [00:38]Youve had your little backyard [00:41]Protected by big walls [00:44]You didnt dare look over [00:47]Cause youve been too small [00:50]Now you're finally sixteen [00:51]And you're feelin old [00:53]But they won't believe [00:55]That you got a soul [01:02]Cause you're only sixteen [01:04]And you're feelin real [01:05]But you can't seem to cop a feel [01:14]Why do they have to force us [01:18]Through this metamorphose [01:21]Little butterfly [01:24]No matter how you try [01:27]Youll be segregated [01:29]You're gonna be closed off [01:33]You're callow and you're green [01:36]Cause you're caught between [01:39]You're only sixteen [01:40]Try to cross the line [01:42]But your little wings are intertwined [01:51]You're only sixteen [01:52]And you're such a tease [01:54]And theres nothing you do [01:55]That can really please [02:05]"These children [02:07]Theyre not really bad most of them [02:10]Theyre just products [02:11]Of rotten neighborhoods [02:12]And bad family situations" [02:31]You know you can't forsake it [02:34]So sit back and take it [02:37]You see you're just not ripe [02:41]So don't try and fight that [02:43]You're only sixteen [02:44]You wanna catch a peek [02:46]But they look at you [02:47]Like you're such a freak [02:55]Well you're only sixteen [02:57]With a lot to say [02:58]But they won't give you [03:00]The time of day [03:07]You're only sixteen! [03:10]You're only sixteen!! [03:13]You're just sixteen!!! [03:17]You poor little thing