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I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
And I'll do anything
For little run away child
Gave my heart an engagement ring
She took everything
Everything I gave her
Oh sweet sixteen
Built a moon
For a rocking chair
I never guessed it would
Rock her far from here
Oh, oh, oh
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy brain
And filled it in
Well I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh I'll do anything
For little runaway child
Well, memories may burn you
Memories grow older as people can
They just get colder
Like sweet sixteen
Oh I see it's clear
Baby, that you are
All through here
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
To house her in
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy brain
And filled it in
When I do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh, I do anything
For run away girl
Yeah, sad and lonely and blue
Hey, gettin' over you
How, how do you think it feels?
Yeah to get up in the morning, get over you
Up in the morning, get over you
Wipe away the tears, get over you, get over, get over
My sweet sixteen
Oh runaway child
Oh sweet sixteen
Little runaway girl
Gave my heart an engagement ring
She left everything
Everything that I gave her
Sweet sixteen
Built a moon
For a rocking chair
I never guessed it would
Rock her far from here
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
And house her in
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
And house her in
And I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh, I'll do anything
There's a runaway child
Would do anything
Oh sweet sixteen
I'll do anything
For little runaway girl
Little runaway girl
Oh sweet sixteen
Oh sweet sixteen
Oh
For my sweet sixteen
And I'll do anything
For little run away child
Gave my heart an engagement ring
She took everything
Everything I gave her
Oh sweet sixteen
Built a moon
For a rocking chair
I never guessed it would
Rock her far from here
Oh, oh, oh
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy brain
And filled it in
Well I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh I'll do anything
For little runaway child
Well, memories may burn you
Memories grow older as people can
They just get colder
Like sweet sixteen
Oh I see it's clear
Baby, that you are
All through here
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
To house her in
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy brain
And filled it in
When I do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh, I do anything
For run away girl
Yeah, sad and lonely and blue
Hey, gettin' over you
How, how do you think it feels?
Yeah to get up in the morning, get over you
Up in the morning, get over you
Wipe away the tears, get over you, get over, get over
My sweet sixteen
Oh runaway child
Oh sweet sixteen
Little runaway girl
Gave my heart an engagement ring
She left everything
Everything that I gave her
Sweet sixteen
Built a moon
For a rocking chair
I never guessed it would
Rock her far from here
Oh, oh, oh, oh
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
And house her in
Someone's built a candy castle
For my sweet sixteen
Someone's built a candy house
And house her in
And I'll do anything
For my sweet sixteen
Oh, I'll do anything
There's a runaway child
Would do anything
Oh sweet sixteen
I'll do anything
For little runaway girl
Little runaway girl
Oh sweet sixteen
Oh sweet sixteen
Oh
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Sweet Sixteen Lyrics as written by Billy Idol
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AstnPwrvch was actually right about everything except the castle being in the UK. The song is about Coral Castle, a momument built is FL, USA by a Latvia born stone mason for his lost love. The sixteen year old bride (Agnes Scoff) left her fiance the day before her wedding (in persuit of another man) to Edward Leedskalnin age 26. It is very sad really, Edward deemed "Sweet Sixteen" his one true love, and built the entire monument for her, unfortuantely after the fact that she left him. =( It always makes me wonder how she must have felt after doing so? In her mind did she make the right choice and was she happy? Or did she spend the rest of her life regreting such a hastey decesion?
For more info on Coral Castle you can visit their website:
CoralCastle.com
There is a whole biography on Edward Leedskalnin, he was a very fascinating person.
actually the girl was named Hermine Lusis [lusis - lynx [latvian]], that Agnes Scuffs thing is fictional by Edward to protect her.<br /> and she left him right by altar in the moment when she had to say "I do"
I have always wondered about that too Queen, and in general have always wondered how someone can come to a snap judgment like that at least not regret it on some level. It is pretty clear that Ed really loved her. I guess the real question is did she really love him in return, or was she even really capable of loving someone as much as Ed obviously did? <br /> <br /> Of course, then there is the whole alternate theory that Ed's "Sweet Sixteen" was a clever cover story which allowed him to leave the blueprints for how he constructed the castle through the natural magnetic properties of the universe. Perhaps sweet sixteen = Mandelbrot set = Solomon's knot = Coral Castle. <br /> <br /> All in all, I prefer the romantic story. It is more poetic