[Verse 1]
When I first met you, baby
Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
Yes, when I first met you, baby
Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
You just left your home then, woman
Ah, the sweetest thing I'd ever seen

[Verse 2]
But you wouldn't do nothing, baby
You wouldn't do anything I asked you to
Yes, you wouldn't do nothing, baby
Oh, you wouldn't do anything I asked to
You know you ran away from your home, baby
And now you wanna run away from old B. too

[Verse 3]
You know I loved you
I loved you before I could call your name
Oh, you know I loved you, baby
Baby I loved you, I loved you before I could call your name
Well, it seems like everything I do now, baby
Everything I do is in vain

[Verse 4]
My brother's in Korea, baby
Sister's down in New Orleans
Yes, brother's in Korea, baby
Lord, sister, sister's down in New Orleans
Well, you know I'm having so much trouble, woman
Baby, I wonder what in the world is gonna happen to me
[Verse 5]
You know I love you
And I'll do anything you tell me to
Yes, you know I love you, baby
Baby, I like you and I'll do anything you tell me to
Well, there ain't nothing in the world, woman
Babe, it ain't nothing, nothing in the world I wouldn't do it for you

[Verse 6]
You can treat me mean, baby
But I'll keep on loving you just the same
Well, you can treat me mean, baby
Well, I'll keep on loving you, I'll keep on loving you just the same
Whoa, but one of these days, baby
You're gonna give a lot of money to hear someone call my name

[Verse 7]
Yes, sweet sixteen baby...
Sweet sixteen...
Yes, the sweetest thing, the sweetest thing, baby
The sweetest thing, baby
Yes, the sweetest thing, the sweetest thing I ever seen
You know I'm having so much trouble, woman
Baby I wonder, yes I wonder
Baby I wonder, yes I wonder
Baby I wonder, oh
I wonder what in the world's gonna happen to me