Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls Lyrics - For The Sake Of The Song - Townes Van Zandt

Let me tell you a story 'bout a girl I knew 

Fairest skin with eyes of blue 

I swear to the Lord that I loved her true 

It's a year now she's been gone 

Her spirit was as bright as the soft sunshine 

Lips, the color of strawberry wine 

I wish to God, she still was mine 

The chance won't come again 

After first, we lay in love's sweet bed 

With one look at her eyes, I might have read 

All the pain that was flying through her head 

Through my guilt I could not see 

I turned to her when the morning came 

Hungry thoughts racing through my brain 

But the knife in her heart screamed herself she'd slain 

And a note whispered love too soon 

Her old man screamed and her mother cried 

All I could do was to wonder why 

A girl in her youth was forced to die 

Is loving such a crime? 

She died 

(Few in the years) 

With breasts still small 

Seeing sixteens summers and fifteen falls 

Me and my blindness never realized all 

The fear she kept inside 

Let me tell you a story 'bout a girl I knew 

Fairest skin with eyes of blue 

I swear to the Lord that I loved her true