Boy, you better do it now
While you got the chance
Might not have the moves

But she wants to dance
Look at her lookin' at you
You lucky fool

Man, she thinks you're cool

Better grab the moment

While the time is right
It'll come and go
Like a firefly light

She's standin' there shinin'
Like the moon in a July sky


Got your own set of wheels and a full tank of gas
Hold on tight, boy, it's gonna go fast
First real taste of what it's like to be free

Ooh, summer and sixteen

There's a party on the circle

Up on Chapel Hill
Part of me's a-wishin'
I was up there still

With my buddies and a beer
And my first love by my side
It's eleven thirty-five


Gotta leave now
'Cause you can't be late

It's a twenty minute drive
And her daddy won't wait
And you need that last five minutes

For that good night kiss

Man, I miss my own set of wheels and a cheap tank of gas

Hold on tight, man, we were going so fast
First real taste of what it's like to be free
Ooh, summer and sixteen


Sometimes, those memories feel so far away
And sometimes, it seems like yesterday


Got your own set of wheels and a full tank of gas
Hold on tight, boy, it's gonna go fast

First real taste of what it's like to be free

Got your own set of wheels and a full tank of gas

Hold on tight, boy, it's gonna go fast
First real taste of what it's like to be free
Ooh, summer and sixteen


Summer and sixteen