B.B. King › Lyrics › Sweet Sixteen

When I first met you, baby
Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
When I first met you, baby
Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
You just left your home then, baby
Ah, the sweetest thing I'd ever seen

But you wouldn't do nothing for me, baby
You wouldn't do anything I ask you to
You wouldn't do nothing for me, baby
You wouldn't do anything I ask you to
You know you ran away from your home, baby
And now you wanna run away from old B. too

You know I loved you, baby
I loved you before I could call your name
You know, you know I loved you, baby
Love you, loved you, I loved you before I could call your name
But it seems like everything I do now, baby
Everything I do is in vain

Oh I just left Vietnam, baby
My sister's down in New Orleans
My brother's in Korea, baby
Oh, sister's, sister's down in New Orleans
Well, you know I'm having so much trouble, people
Baby, I wonder, what in the world is gonna happen to me

Treat me mean, baby
And I'll keep on loving you just the same
Treat me mean, baby
I'll keep loving you, keep on loving you just the same
But one of these days, baby
You're gonna give a lot of money
To hear someone call my name

Yes, sweet sixteen baby, sweet sixteen
The sweetest thing, baby
The sweetest thing, the sweetest thing
The sweetest thing I've ever seen
You know I'm having so much trouble, people
Baby I wonder, yes I wonder, baby I wonder
Wonder what in the world's gonna happen to me