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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I think this is a song a lot of romantic men can relate to- the disillusionment after jilted teenage love. The singer tells about how he gave his love everything and would do anything for her, and she took it all. He, like so many young men, wrongly believed that by satisfying everyone of his love's desires that he would secure her love and devotion. Paradoxically, the satiation often leaves young women unaffected and eager for something else: Enter the man with the Candy Castle.
The candy castle is just a metaphor for whatever enticed Sweet sixteen, which was probably the advances of some other dude. No one wants everything given to them.It makes life boring and empty. In this state, our sweet sixteen was suceptible to anything new and alluring. (the little hussy)
Everyone enjoys a bit of a challenge.Young men (women too) need to bridle their passion if they want love to last. You need to always hold something back to keep the flame alive. Afterall, if as children we got all the candy we ever wanted, it wouldn't be "candy" now would it?