Sweet 16

Album: non-album single (2023)
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  • Yesterday, we were coming of age
    Everything brand new
    Just a boy and a girl
    Us against the world
    We didn't have a thing to lose
    Blue jeans, Friday night lights
    And in the blink of an eye
    We came alive as our innocence died
    Underneath the September sky

    And now sweet 16's 34
    We traded in a drop top hot rod Chevy
    For a 4-door Ford
    And those sweet memories are forevermore
    A lot of things changed but I love it just the same
    Or even more than I did before

    Rat races and places to be turned to nothing to prove
    Jager fifths are now grocery lists
    And their laced with some honey dos
    New shoes and backpacks for school, ain't we livin' the dream?
    We were breaking the rules, now we're making the rules
    And we're somewhere in between

    Somewhere between a dream and a compromise
    Every day reminds me how time flies

    And now sweet 16's 34
    We traded in a drop top hot rod Chevy
    For a 4-door Ford
    And those sweet memories are forevermore
    A lot of things changed but I love it just the same
    Or even more than I did before

    You were gonna be an actress
    I was gonna be a big rockstar
    House on the hill, everything but bills
    Champagne and caviar
    Photoshoots, first class flights
    We'd sleep all day, and rage all night
    Just you and I, living the life
    Yeah

    We got no Oscar, we got no Grammy
    But we got us, friends, and family
    The wheels keep spinning, just a loving and a living
    And it's better than it was before

    And now sweet 16's 34
    We traded in a drop top hot rod Chevy
    For a 4-door Ford
    And those sweet memories are forevermore
    A lot of things changed but I love it just the same
    Or even more than I did before

    And now sweet 16's 34
    The wheels keep spinning, just a loving and a living
    And it's better than it was before Writer/s: Frederick Beauregard, Herschel Boone, Marlon Young, Matthew Shafer
    Publisher: Bluewater Music Corp., Universal Music Publishing Group, Wixen Music Publishing
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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