After all the changes that you put me through

You used all my money and my cigarettes

And I haven't seen hide nor hair of you yet

I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay?



Take me to the river and wash me down

Won't you cleanse my soul, put my feet on the ground



I don't know why she treated me so bad

Look at all those things that we could have had

Love is a notion that I can't forget

My sweet sixteen I will never regret

I wanna know, won't you tell me, am I in love to stay?



Hold me, love me, please me, tease me

Till I can't, till I can't take no more, take me to the river



I don't know why I love you like I do

After all the things that you put me through

The sixteen candles burning on my wall

Turning me into the biggest fool of them all

I wanna know, can't you tell me, am I in love to stay?



I wanna know, take me to the river

I wanna know, I want you to dip me in the water

I wanna know, won't you wash me in the water

Wash me in the water, wash me in the water

Won't you wash me in the water