Sixteen Years
Sweet Journey: Sixteen Years of Love Packed in Boxes
Lyrics
In a pickup truck we bought in 1962
In 1962, we purchased a pickup truck together.
And paid each month till it belonged to me and you
We made monthly payments until the truck became our joint possession.
The cardboard boxes in the back hold everything we own
The cardboard boxes in the back contain all our belongings.
Things we've saved for sixteen years to start a brand new home
Over sixteen years, we've saved things to start a new home.
We're holding sixteen years of love in cardboard boxes
We've preserved sixteen years of love in those cardboard boxes.
Sixteen years of laughter sweat and tears
Sixteen years encompassing laughter, sweat, and tears.
We've stacked the back with happiness sadness love and cheer
The back of the truck holds happiness, sadness, love, and cheer.
Things we've saved together sixteen years
Together, we've saved these things over sixteen years.
We sold our little dreamhouse on a small six acre farm
We sold our dreamhouse on a small farm of six acres.
And said goodbye to friends we'll miss and fields of golden corn
We bid farewell to friends and fields of golden corn.
In our search for city life where pay is big and jobs are fine
Seeking city life with better pay and job opportunities.
Sixteen years of love and tears following behind
Sixteen years of love and tears follow us in this pursuit.
We're holding sixteen years of love...
We continue to hold onto sixteen years of love...
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