A young girl of 16 lyrics

She left he neighbourhood in which

everyone was filthy rich.

She left her parents' home and went straight

with a vagabond who made

vows of love she'd never heard,

and she believed his every word.

She left no following address,

just took her youth and happiness

as with the boy she vanished in,

the secret sweetness of their sin.

A young girl,

a young girl who is sixteen

child of springtime, still green,

lying here by the road.

He told her love demanded space,

so they rode from place to place.

Although she realized she'd sin,

she threw cautions to the wind

as she followed him around

and he slowly dragged her down.

So overpowering was her love

that it made him the captain of

a young girl's heart and soul and mind.

In other words: love drove her blind.

A young girl,

a young girl who is sixteen

child of springtime, still green,

lying here by the road.

Too much emotions for a girl

she let her heart become her world.

But worlds that God has never wrought

for a thunder [...].

Had she been wiser she would have known

she could not feed him love alone.

She should have known the day would come

when he would quit her just for crumbs.

He needed fresh new meat to carve

and left her heart and mind to starve.

A young girl,

a young girl who is sixteen

child of springtime, still green,

lying here by the road.

Dead.

• Artist:Noel Harrison