Sixteen

Robison Bruce

I had turned sixteen growin' bored with life caught in between 
The things that I was doin', and what I'd never done before 
Those days were pretty much all the same 
Drinkin' beer and draggin' main, hopin' somethin' soon would change 
Before I went out of my gourd 

I thought she had been around, she's about the age that I am now 
Had moved away from town and come home divorced with a child 
She had hired me on to do the things that no one ther would care to 
At a ranch where rich folks paid to act like cowboys for awhile 

We would stay up late and show them folks their bought and paid for 
Authentic country western Texas honky tonk good time 
One night when everyone was gone she played her favorite Elton John song 
And looked at me a way I thought she'd surely lost her mind 

But I was almost grown and she was often left alone to think about whatever women do 
And it was nearly right but not near enough to bring to light, 
But where you wonder who was usin' who 

We would sneak around, all across that little town 
And did our best to hide the secret we hoped everybody knew 
I guess she made me a man, at least the first time when I thought I was one 
Not necessarily within the law, still somethin' sure seemed true 

I don't know the reason wasted youth or football season 
Something makes me think about her more now than I think I did back then 
Right before I had left town I had quit coming around 
She called to say goodbye, I could hear her cry and I didn't even care 

But I was almost grown and she was often left alone to think about whatever women do 
And it was nearly right but not near enough to bring to light, 
But where you wonder who was usin' who