He Would Be Sixteen Lyrics - Singles - Michelle Wright

She gets in her car October, Friday night 

Home from work down 31, past Franklin High 

She can see the stadium lights, she can hear the band 

A thousand crazy high school kids screamin' in the stands 

Quarterback and homecoming queen 

Love too young to know what it means 

She goes back in time, oh in her mind it's like a dream 

He would be sixteen 

The son she never knew 

It hurt so much to give him up 

But what else could she do 

He would be sixteen 

A child should have a home, she knows her folks were right 

She never heard the couple's name, just that they were nice 

She wonders if he's taller than his father was 

Does he drive a car by now, has he been in love 

She shakes back to reality 

She knows things turn out the way they should be 

But she just can help but ask herself, "Does he know about me" 

He would be sixteen 

The son she never knew 

It hurt so much to give him up 

But what else could she do 

He would be sixteen 

She never even got to hold him 

And nights like this hurts 

To miss the son she's never seen 

He would be sixteen, he would be sixteen