When I first met you, babyBaby, you were just sweet 16Yes, when I first met you, babyBaby, you was just sweet 16You just left your home then, womanOh, the sweetest thing I’d ever seen
But you wouldn’t do nothing, babyYou wouldn’t do anything I ask you toYes, you wouldn’t do nothing, babyNo, you wouldn’t do anything I ask you toYou know you ran away from your home, babyAnd now you wanna run away from old B too
You know I love youI loved you before I could call your nameOh, you know I love you, babyBaby, I loved youI loved you before I could call your nameWell, it seems like everything I do now, babyEverything I do is in vain
My brother’s in Korea, babySister’s down in New OrleansYes, brother’s in Korea, babyMy sister, sister’s down in New Orleans
Well, you know I’m having so much trouble, womanBaby, I wonder what in the world is gonna happen to me
You know I love youAnd I’ll do anything you tell me toYes, you know I love you, babyBaby, I love you, and I’ll do anything you tell me toWell, there ain’t nothing in the world, womanBaby, there ain’t nothingNothing in the world I wouldn’t do for you
You can treat me mean, babyBut I’ll keep on loving you just the sameWell, you can treat me mean, babyWell, I’ll keep loving youI’ll keep loving you just the sameOh, but one of these days, babyYou’re gonna give a lot of money to hear someone call my name
Yes, sweet 16, babeSweet 16Ay-yeah, the sweetest thing, the sweetest thingThe sweetest thing, babeAy-yeah, the sweetest thingThe sweetest thing I’ve ever seen
I’m having so much trouble, womanBaby, I wonder, yes, I wonderBaby, I wonder, yes, I wonderBaby, I wonderI, I wonder what in the world is gonna happen to meOh-oh-oh, yeah








