It has been sixteen years I’d say
Sixteen years I’ve been losing my way
It’s sixteen years
Sixteen years to the very day
And sixteen years before that score
Sixteen years plus some more
Another sixteen years
Sixteen years leading again, out of the door
Then sixteen years, before some more decayed
Sixteen years or more I’d stayed, stayed and played
With my mother and her lover of sixteen years
Sixteen years of unconditional love she gave
