16 summers

Jessie Ware

Mum
Yeah?
Are you jumping? Mummy

I see a family in the sun
Out in the garden having fun
But where am I?
You asked if I d be gone for long
I closed my eyes and bit my tongue
And told a lie

I know what it means if all my dreams
Are keeping me away from you
I just close my eyes and now my life s in double time
Come hold these hands you re slipping through

Sixteen summers, is that all I m gonna get?
It s so easy to forget
We re all just passing through
Sixteen summers to live and love without regret
So, darling, give me one more chance
Can I spend every summer I ve got left with you?

I see three children growing up I want the hourglass to stop
Or at least slow down
If you have children of your own, darling
Don t forget to show them
How to treasure the here and the now

I know what it means, the falling leaves, the cooling breeze
What can I do?
I just close my eyes and now my life s in double time
Come hold these hands you re slipping through

Sixteen summers, so many things I haven t said
It s so easy to forget
We re all just passing through
Sixteen summers to live in love without regret
So, darling, give me one more chance
Can I spend every summer I ve got left with you?

Say you ll want my love
When September comes
You crawled, you walked, but now your time s to fly, oh
Don t forget Julys
Though the years keep rolling by
I ll cherish these nights you lie in my arms

Sixteen summers, if that s all I m gonna get
Then I never will forget
We re all just passing through
Sixteen summers to live and love without regret
So, darling, give me one more chance
Can I spend every summer I ve got left with you?