Love you, loved you, I loved you before I could call your name
You just left your home then, baby
Baby I wonder, yes I wonder, baby I wonder
Oh I just left Vietnam, baby
Oh, sister's, sister's down in New Orleans
My brother's in Korea, baby
And now you wanna run away from old B. too
You're gonna give a lot of money
But it seems like everything I do now, baby
When I first met you, baby
Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
You know I loved you, baby
You know, you know I loved you, baby
But one of these days, baby
But you wouldn't do nothing for me, baby
Baby, I wonder, what in the world is gonna happen to me
The sweetest thing I've ever seen
To hear someone call my name
You wouldn't do anything I ask you to
And I'll keep on loving you just the same
Everything I do is in vain
You know I'm having so much trouble, people
My sister's down in New Orleans
The sweetest thing, the sweetest thing
You know you ran away from your home, baby
I'll keep loving you, keep on loving you just the same
Treat me mean, baby
You wouldn't do anything I ask you to
You wouldn't do nothing for me, baby
Yes, sweet sixteen baby, sweet sixteen
Ah, the sweetest thing I'd ever seen
I loved you before I could call your name
Well, you know I'm having so much trouble, people
Treat me mean, baby
The sweetest thing, baby
