Sixteen

"Take a left here, boy, take it slow"

"Don't get distracted by that radio"

I just rolled my eyes and I said, "Daddy, I know"

"I'm 15, I ain't green like some ol' ten year old"

What I wouldn't give to be 16, wild and free

Cruisin' up and down Main in my F-150

Roll the windows down, bass too loud from this burnt CD

I'll be right where I wanna be when I'm 16, 16, yeah

16

Now that I can drive, finally feel alive, but I got this curfew

Sneakin' in late, smellin' like my girlfriend's perfume

People talkin' 'bout college and knowledge and that's alright

But all I'm thinkin' about is an unsupervised Saturday night

What I wouldn't give to be 18, wild and free

Buzzin' off a can of the Grizzly wintergreen

Lookin' old enough to pull off this fake ID

I'll be right where I wanna be when I'm 18, 18, yeah

18, yeah

I'm old enough to smoke

I'm old enough to vote

But they turn me away when I go to the Cotton-Eyed Joe

They say the grass is always greener

And I believe that's right

But my friends are off to Vegas, and they're leaving me behind

What I wouldn't give to be 21, wild and free

Open up a cold one and drink it legally

Chase a bunch of girls, go see the world

Let my wild streak run

I'll be right where I wanna be when I'm 21, 21

Woah, when I'm 21

Yeah, when I'm 21, it'll be alright

Yeah, it'll be alright, when I'm 21

Now I'm 25 and I'm drinking wine with my wife at home

Got a couple of dogs and a couple songs on the radio

And we sit around and we laugh about how we used to be

When all we cared about was turning 16