so long since i heard
 the song that stole youth from me
 suddenly sixteen
 
 (how i wanted love
 searched in all the wrong places
 but looking, lost it
 
 love is not in arms
 whose words depend on lyrics
 that he didn’t write)
 
 yet, the song melts me
 cooking dinner in the kitchen
 i can’t even stir
 
 face flustered, hot
 not from the steaming pot
 but steamy sixteen
 
 the righteous brothers
 know the right way to make me
 suddenly sixteen