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