Sixteen Summers Fifteen Falls by Townes Van Zandt Lyrics

[Intro]
Let me tell you a story about a girl I knew
Fairest skin with eyes of blue
I swear to the Lord that I loved her true
It's a year now she's been gone

[Verse 1]
Well, her spirit was as bright as the soft sunshine
Lips, the color of strawberry wine
I wish to God she still was mine
But the chance won't come again

[Verse 2]
After first, we lay in love's sweet bed
With one look at her eyes, I might have read
All the pain that was flying through her head
Through my guilt, I could not see

[Verse 3]
I turned to her when the morning came
Hungry thoughts racing through my brain
But the knife in her heart screamed herself she's slain
And a note whispered "loved too soon"
[Verse 4]
Her old man screamed and her mother cried
All I could do was to wonder why
A girl in her youth was forced to die
Is loving such a crime?

[Verse 5]
She died few in years with breasts still small
Seeing sixteen summers and fifteen falls
Me and my blindness never realized all
The fear she kept inside

[Outro]
Let me tell you a story about a girl I knew
Fairest skin with eyes of blue
I swear to the Lord that I loved her true