Robyn Hitchcock & The Venus 3 - Sixteen Years lyrics

Sixteen years And all I got was high Sixteen years I couldn't even look you in the eye Sixteen calendars With nothing in their frames You said you'd pencil me in But you don't know my name My name Sixteen tons I was under there Sixteen suns Hanging on a stand You hide the money in the bank The money has no shape Shame corroded you But you don't know my name My name Once in your life Make it be good Good as a train Once in your life Do what you could Make it sustain Sixteen years And all I got was high Sixteen ways To shrivel up and die You pegged me for a fool But I'm the one to play I played the pretty neat fool for you But you don't know my name My name Once in your life Make it be good Make it sustain Don't let me die here You don't know my name My name My name