Be 16 with Me by Don White (Folk) Lyrics
[Verse 1]
Our kids have grown and they're both in their twenties
They live at home and they're never gonna leave
Why should they go?
They got it good here you know
Their food, their phone, their rent is free
They would have to be out of their minds to leave
[Pre-Chorus]
But I was thinking, what if things were different?
Living here at home with you and me
What if we decided we could act likе
They both did when they wеre in their teens?
[Chorus]
So wake up mama, climb out of this window
I got the key, let's steal our daughter's car
We'll both get really drunk
We'll put a big dent in her trunk
We'll drive real fast down the thoroughfare
If we get a speeding ticket, hey we won't care
We'll be the ones up all night acting wild
And they'll be the ones up all night worrying
Wake up mama, climb out of this window
Come on out and be sixteen with me
[Verse 2]
Hey, picture our kids calling all our friends up
And asking them if they know where we are
Of course all our friends will lie
And say they ain't see us all night
But we'll be standing right beside 'em while they're on the phone
Smoking and drinking and carrying on
[Verse 3]
Oh when we come strolling home on Sunday morning
Oh, around ten o'clock while the neighbors walk to church
Our kids will ask us where we've been
And then they'll ask us again
And we will just make up some great big lie
And we'll swear that it's the truth until the day we die
[Verse 4]
And they'll be the ones that are trying to find the truth out
And we'll be the ones that are lying through our teeth
Under pressure we'll confess
That we had unprotected sex
That will gross them out so much
They might just start think about moving out
[Pre-Chorus]
If turnabout is fair play in this life
Then what better way to encourage them to leave?
Then to give them both a dose of what it was like
To live with them when they were in their teens
[Chorus]
So wake up mama, climb out of this window
I got the key, let's steal our daughter's car
We'll both get really drunk
We'll put a big dent in her trunk
No one will know where we are
And then we'll come home in a police car
We'll be the ones up all night acting wild
And they'll be the ones up all night worrying
Wake up mama, climb out of this window
Come on out and be sixteen with me
[Outro]
'Cause I remember you
When you were sixteen
You were the most beautiful thing
I had ever seen
So wake up mama
Wake up mama
Wake up mama
And be sixteen with me
Our kids have grown and they're both in their twenties
They live at home and they're never gonna leave
Why should they go?
They got it good here you know
Their food, their phone, their rent is free
They would have to be out of their minds to leave
[Pre-Chorus]
But I was thinking, what if things were different?
Living here at home with you and me
What if we decided we could act likе
They both did when they wеre in their teens?
[Chorus]
So wake up mama, climb out of this window
I got the key, let's steal our daughter's car
We'll both get really drunk
We'll put a big dent in her trunk
We'll drive real fast down the thoroughfare
If we get a speeding ticket, hey we won't care
We'll be the ones up all night acting wild
And they'll be the ones up all night worrying
Wake up mama, climb out of this window
Come on out and be sixteen with me
[Verse 2]
Hey, picture our kids calling all our friends up
And asking them if they know where we are
Of course all our friends will lie
And say they ain't see us all night
But we'll be standing right beside 'em while they're on the phone
Smoking and drinking and carrying on
[Verse 3]
Oh when we come strolling home on Sunday morning
Oh, around ten o'clock while the neighbors walk to church
Our kids will ask us where we've been
And then they'll ask us again
And we will just make up some great big lie
And we'll swear that it's the truth until the day we die
[Verse 4]
And they'll be the ones that are trying to find the truth out
And we'll be the ones that are lying through our teeth
Under pressure we'll confess
That we had unprotected sex
That will gross them out so much
They might just start think about moving out
[Pre-Chorus]
If turnabout is fair play in this life
Then what better way to encourage them to leave?
Then to give them both a dose of what it was like
To live with them when they were in their teens
[Chorus]
So wake up mama, climb out of this window
I got the key, let's steal our daughter's car
We'll both get really drunk
We'll put a big dent in her trunk
No one will know where we are
And then we'll come home in a police car
We'll be the ones up all night acting wild
And they'll be the ones up all night worrying
Wake up mama, climb out of this window
Come on out and be sixteen with me
[Outro]
'Cause I remember you
When you were sixteen
You were the most beautiful thing
I had ever seen
So wake up mama
Wake up mama
Wake up mama
And be sixteen with me