Sixteen Summers, Fifteen Falls Townes Van Zandt

[Intro]
Let me tell you a story about a girl I knew
Fair of skin with eyes of blue
I swear to the Lord that I loved her true
It's a year now she's been gone

[Verse 1]
Well, 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

[Verse 2]
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

[Verse 3]
I turned to her when the morning came
Hungry thoughts racing through my brain
But the knife in her heart screamed herself she's slain
And a note whispered "love too soon"

[Verse 4]
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?