You´ve been a juvenile
With a dolphin smile
With no elbow room
With your body in bloom
You´ve had your little backyard
Protected by big walls
You didn´t dare look over
´Cause you´ve been too small

Now you´re finally sixteen
And you feelin´ old
But they won´t believe
That you got a soul
´Cause you´re only sixteen
And you´re feeling real
But you can´t seem to cop a feel

Why do they have to force us
Through this metamorphose
Little butterfly
No matter how you try
You´ll be segregated
You´re gonna be closed off
You´re callow and you´re green
´Cause you´re caught between

You´re only sixteen
Try to cross the line
But your little wings are intertwined
You´re only sixteen
And you´re such a tease
And there´s nothing you do
That can really please

"These children
They´re not really bad most of them
They´re just products
Of rotten neighborhoods
And bad family situations"

You know you can´t forsake it
So sit back and take it
You see you´re just not ripe
So don´t try and fight

You´re only sixteen
You wanna catch a peek
But they look at you
Like you´re such a freak
Well you´re only sixteen
With a lot to say
But they won´t give you
The time of day

You´re only sixteen!
You´re only sixteen!
You´re just sixteen!!
You poor little thing