B.B. King - Sweet Sixteen

[Intro]
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[Verse 1]
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When I first met you, baby
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Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
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When I first met you, baby
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Baby, you were just sweet sixteen
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You just left your home then, woman
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Oh, the sweetest thing I’d ever seen

[Verse 2]
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But you wouldn’t do nothing, baby
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You wouldn’t do anything I asked you to
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Yes you wouldn’t do nothing, baby
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You wouldn’t do anything I asked to
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You know you ran away from your home, baby
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And now you wanna run a-way from old B. too

[Verse 3]
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You know I loved you, baby
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I loved you before I could call your name
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You know I loved you, baby
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Baby I loved you, I love you before I could call your name
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Well, it seems like everything I do now baby
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Everything I do is in vain

[Verse 4]
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My brother’s in Korea*, baby
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My sister’s down in New Orleans
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Well my brother’s in Korea baby
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My sister’s down in New Orleans
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You know I’m having so much trouble woman
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Baby, I wonder, what in the world is gonna happen to me

[Verse 5]
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You know I love you
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And I’ll do anything you tell me to
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You know I love you and I’ll do anything you tell me to
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Well, there ain’t nothing in the world, woman
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that I wouldn’t do it for you

[Verse 6]
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You can treat me mean, baby
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But I’ll keep on loving you just the same
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You can treat me mean baby
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But I’ll keep on loving you just the same

But one of these days, baby
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You’re gonna give a lot of money
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To hear someone call my name