Sixteen Years

[Verse 1] In a pickup truck we bought in 1962 And paid each month 'til it belonged to me and you The cardboard boxes in the back hold everything we own Things we've saved for sixteen years to start a brand new home [Chorus] We're holding sixteen years of love in cardboard boxes Sixteen years of laughter, sweat, and tears We've stacked the back with happiness, sadness, love, and cheer Things we've saved together sixteen years [Verse 2] We sold our little dream house on a small six-acre farm And said goodbye to friends we'll miss and fields of golden corn In our search for city life where pay is big and jobs are fine Sixteen years of love and tears following behind [Chorus] We're holding sixteen years of love in cardboard boxes Sixteen years of laughter, sweat, and tears We've stacked the back with happiness, sadness, love, and cheer Things we've saved together sixteen years