Songwriter: Sam Cooke
Producer: Ron Haffkine
She was only sixteen, only sixteen
But I loved her so
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know
We'd laugh and we'd sing, and do funny things
And it made our hearts glow
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know
So why did I give my heart so fast, it never will happen again
But I was a mere child of sixteen, I've aged a year since then
She was only sixteen, only sixteen
Oooh with eyes that would glow
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know
So why did I give my heart so fast, it never will happen again
But I was a mere child of sixteen, I've aged a year since then
Now she was only sixteen, only sixteen
Oooh but I loved that girl so
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know
Yes she was too young to fall in love
And I, I was too young, I was much too young to know
But I loved her so
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know
We'd laugh and we'd sing, and do funny things
And it made our hearts glow
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know
So why did I give my heart so fast, it never will happen again
But I was a mere child of sixteen, I've aged a year since then
She was only sixteen, only sixteen
Oooh with eyes that would glow
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know
So why did I give my heart so fast, it never will happen again
But I was a mere child of sixteen, I've aged a year since then
Now she was only sixteen, only sixteen
Oooh but I loved that girl so
But she was too young to fall in love
And I was too young to know
Yes she was too young to fall in love
And I, I was too young, I was much too young to know
more tracks from the album
Sharing The Night Together: The Best of Dr. Hook
- Only Sixteen
- If Not You
- I Don’t Feel Much Like Smilin’
- Sweetest of All
- Everybody’s Making It Big But Me
- A Couple More Years
- I Don’t Want to Be Alone Tonight
- Years From Now
- Storms Never Last
- Better Love Next Time
- All the Time in the World
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- In Over My Head
- More Like the Movies
- Sexy Eyes
- A Little Bit More
- Sharing the Night Together
- Oh! Jesse
- What About You
- Making Love and Music
From the albums
- Bankrupt (1975)
- Sessions® Presents The Greatest Hits Album (1982)
- Dr. Hook Greatest Hits (And More) (1987)
- Greatest Hits (1992)
- Pleasure & Pain The History Of Dr. Hook (1996)
- Sharing The Night Together: The Best of Dr. Hook (1996)
- Love Songs (1998)
- Timeless (2014)
- Icon (2014)
Dr. Hook popular songs
- Sylvia’s Mother
- Sharing the Night Together
- The Cover of the “Rolling Stone”
- Sexy Eyes
- Storms Never Last
- A Little Bit More
- When You’re in Love with a Beautiful Woman
- Let the Loose End Drag
- Ballad Of....
- Come On In
- Hold Me Like You Never Had Me
- I Couldn’t Believe
- Rings
- Oh! Jesse
- Cooky and Lila
- Happy Ever After Love
- Angela’s Eyes
- I’ve Been Him
- I Can’t Touch the Sun
- The Millionaire
- When She Cries
- Roland the Roadie and Gertrude the Groupie
- Before the Tears
- Pleasure and Pain