Sixteen Again (John Peel Show 23/10/78) - Buzzcocks

Feeling like i’m almost sixteen again

Layin' 'round doing nothing like all my friends

Play it cool don’t get angry count up to ten

Just like i was sixteen again

Everybody gets the lowdown right from the start

Everybody gets the showdown right from the heart

But that’s all that’s on the menu and life’s a la carte

I don’t know

Things in life are not played for keeps

If it makes you happy it’ll make you weep

And if you want some more practical advice

If you can’t think once then don’t think twice

Cos things won’t seem so nice

You’ll wish you were sixteen again

Oh no

Feeling rather strange when you’re sixteen again

Things don’t seem the same the past is so plain

This future is our future this time’s not a game

This time you’re sixteen again

Always on your own when there’s nobody else

Asking myself would i be someone else

But after all life’s only death’s recompense

I don’t know

Things in life are not played for keeps

If it makes you happy it’ll make you weep

And if you want some more practical advice

If you can’t think once then don’t think twice

Cos things won’t seem so nice

You’ll wish you were sixteen again

Oh no

Look at me here i am for your eyes

Mirrored proof of what you recognize

I know i never will feel quite like you

And i know you won’t treat me right till i do

But at least we’ll know it’s true

That we’re sixteen again

Oh no

Feeling rather strange when you’re sixteen again

Things don’t seem the same the past is so plain

This future is our future this time’s not a game

This time you’re sixteen again

Always on your own when there’s nobody else

Asking myself would i be someone else

But after all life’s only death’s recompense

I don’t know

Look at me here i am for your eyes

Mirrored proof of love’s suicide

I know i never will feel quite like you

And i know you won’t treat me right till i do

But at least we’ll know it’s true

That we’re sixteen again

Oh no

Sixteen again

Sixteen again