Well she's sitting right there on the chain link fence 

She's down at the park with the rest of her friends 

And she looks so pretty but she's only sixteen 

Didn't know that when she smiled at me 



Now the boys are hunched over their electric guitars 

I'm lying in the grass out beside my car 

I followed her down to the Dixie Freeze 



Hold on, hold on, hold on to me 

Sweet girl 

Don't let go for the world 

Cause I'm not from here 

And I'm afraid that I might never see you again 



Now it's the end of the summer and I'm just twenty-one, 

I been in California for the last two months 

And there weren't no girls like her out there 

Her boyfriend don't like me and I think that's fair 



Cause I'm sitting right here on the chain link fence 

And when she smiles at me gonna take my chance 

Say I know the show's over but I wish you wouldn't leave 

Hold on, hold on, hold on to me