[Verse 1]
        
She said, I wa

s seven and yo

u were nine
  
I looked at yo

u like the sta

rs that shined

In the sky, th

e pretty light

s
        
And our daddie

s used to joke

 about the two

 of us
             
Growing up and

              
 falling in lo

           
ve and our mam

as smiled
              
And rolled the

              
ir eyes and sa

         
id oh my my my


[Chorus]
        
Take me back t

o the house in

 the backyard 

tree
           
Said you’d bea

t me up, you w

ere bigger tha

n me
    
You never did,

 you never did
        
Take me back w

hen our world 

was one block 

wide
  
I dared you to

 kiss me and r

an when you tr

ied

Just two kids,

 you and I
             
Oh my my my my

   


[Verse 2]

I was sixteen 

when suddenly
  
I wasn’t that 

little girl yo

u used to see
         
But your eyes 

still shined l

ike pretty lig

hts
        
And our daddie

s used to joke

 about the two

 of us
     
They never bel

ieved we’d rea

lly fall in lo

ve
        
And our mamas 

smiled and rol

led their eyes
            
And said oh my

   
 my my…


[Chorus]
        
Take me back t

o the creek be

ds we turned u

p
             
Two A.M. ridin

              
g in your truc

      
k and all I ne

ed is you next

 to me
        
Take me back t

o the time we 

had our very f

irst fight
    
The slamming o

f doors instea

d of kissing g

oodnight
    
You stayed out

side til the m

orning light
             
Oh my my my my

 
        
Oh my my my my


[Verse 3]
         
And in a blink

 of a crinklin

g eye
    
I’m sinking, o

ur fingers ent

wined
       
Cheeks pink in

 the twinkling

 lights

Tell me ’bout 

the first time

 you saw me
     
I’ll drink wha

t you think an

d I’m high
     
From smoking y

our jokes all 

damn night
    
The brink of a

 wrinkle in ti

me

Bittersweet 16

 suddenly


[Post-Chorus]
             
I’m watching A

             
merican Pie wi

   
th you on a Sa

turday night
             
Your friends a

           
re around, so 

be quiet
    
I’m trying to 

stifle my sigh

s
            
‘Cause I   fee

             
l so high scho

            
ol every time 

  
I look at you


[Pre Chorus]
             
 I just want t

              
o know you bet

            
ter know, you 

              
better know yo

          
u, better now
              
 I just want t

              
o know you bet

            
ter know, you 

         
better know, y

ou better now
             
 I just want t

              
o know you bet

            
ter know, you 

              
better know, y

          
ou better now
              
 I just want t

            
o know you, kn

        
ow you, know y

ou


[Chorus]
      
Cause all I kn

ow is we said 

hello
    
And your eyes 

look like comi

ng home
             
All I know is 

              
a simple name,


 everything ha

s changed

All I know is 

you held the d

oor

You'll be mine

 and I'll be y

ours
             
All I know sin

              
ce yesterday, 

 
is everything 

has changed


All I know is 

we said hello
   
So dust off yo

ur highest hop

es

All I know is 

pouring rain

 And everythin

g has changed

All I know is 

a new found gr

ace

All my days, I

'll know your 

face
             
All I know sin

            
ce yesterday, 

is everything 

has changed


            
And in a blink

             
 of a crinklin

    
g eye

Everything has

 changed
            
And in a blink

             
 of a crinklin

    
g eye


[Outro]
    
And I'll be ei

ghty-seven, yo

u'll be eighty

-nine
           
I'll still loo

k at you like 

the stars that

 shine
             
In the sky, oh

          
, my, my, my