Boy, you better do it now While you got the chance Might not have the moves But she wants to dance Look at her lookin' at you You lucky fool Man, she thinks you're cool Better grab the moment While the time is right It'll come and go Like a firefly light She's standin' there shinin' Like the moon in a July sky Got your own set of wheels and a full tank of gas Hold on tight, boy, it's gonna go fast First real taste of what it's like to be free Ooh, summer and sixteen There's a party on the circle Up on Chapel Hill Part of me's a-wishin' I was up there still With my buddies and a beer And my first love by my side It's eleven thirty-five Gotta leave now 'Cause you can't be late It's a twenty minute drive And her daddy won't wait And you need that last five minutes For that good night kiss Man, I miss my own set of wheels and a cheap tank of gas Hold on tight, man, we were going so fast First real taste of what it's like to be free Ooh, summer and sixteen Sometimes, those memories feel so far away And sometimes, it seems like yesterday Got your own set of wheels and a full tank of gas Hold on tight, boy, it's gonna go fast First real taste of what it's like to be free Got your own set of wheels and a full tank of gas Hold on tight, boy, it's gonna go fast First real taste of what it's like to be free Ooh, summer and sixteen Summer and sixteen