16 Summers

[Intro]

Mum

Yeah?

Are you jumping? Mummy

[Verse 1]

I see a family in the sun

Out in the garden having fun

But where am I?

You asked if I'd be gone for long

I closed my eyes and bit my tongue

And told a lie

[Pre-Chorus]

I know what it means if all my dreams

Are keeping me away from you

I just close my eyes and now my life's in double time

Come hold these hands you're slipping through

[Chorus]

Sixteen summers, is that all I'm gonna get?

It's so easy to forget

We're all just passing through

Sixteen summers to live and love without regret

So, darling, give me onе more chance

Can I spend еvery summer I've got left with you?

[Verse 2]

I see three children growing up I want the hourglass to stop

Or at least slow down

If you have children of your own, darling, don't forget to show them

How to treasure the here and the now

[Pre-Chorus]

I know what it means, the falling leaves, the cooling breeze

What can I do?

I just close my eyes and now my life's in double time

Come hold these hands you're slipping through

[Chorus]

Sixteen summers, so many things I haven't said

It's so easy to forget

We're all just passing through

Sixteen summers to live in love without regret

So, darling, give me one more chance

Can I spend every summer I've got left with you?

[Bridge]

Say you'll want my love

When September comes

You crawled, you walked, but now your time's to fly, oh

Don't forget Julys

Though the years keep rolling by

I'll cherish these nights you lie in my arms

[Chorus]

Sixteen summers, if that's all I'm gonna get

Then I never will forget

We're all just passing through

Sixteen summers to live and love without regret

So, darling, give me one more chance

Can I spend every summer I've got left with you?