[ar:Sam Cooke]
[ti:Only Sixteen]
[al:Portrait of a Legend 1951-1964]
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[00:01.650]She was only sixteen, only sixteen
[00:08.150]I loved her so
[00:11.210]But she was too young to fall in love
[00:15.530]And I was too young to know
[00:18.650]
[00:19.400]We'd laugh and we'd sing
[00:21.900]And do the little things
[00:25.030]That made my heart glow
[00:28.340]But she was too young to fall in love
[00:32.590]And I was too young to know
[00:35.590]
[00:37.090]Why did I give my heart so fast
[00:41.780]It never will happen again
[00:45.520]But I was a mere lad of sixteen
[00:49.840]I've aged a year since then
[00:52.900]
[00:53.590]She was only sixteen, only sixteen
[00:58.840]With eyes that would glow
[01:02.530]But she was too young to fall in love
[01:07.380]And I was too young to know
[01:10.130]
[01:12.060](Then why did you give your heart so fast)
[01:15.350]Oh yeah, it never will happen again
[01:20.330](But you were a mere lad of sixteen)
[01:24.640]I've aged a year since then
[01:27.200]
[01:30.000]She was only sixteen, only sixteen
[01:35.870]With eyes that would glow
[01:39.060]But she was too young to fall in love
[01:43.430]And I was too young to know
[01:47.180]Whoa, she was too young to fall in love
[01:51.910]And I was too young to know
[01:54.850]
[01:55.250]She was too young to fall in love
[02:00.500]And I was too young to know
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