Sixteen

Eighteen, I was old enough to buy cigarettes
Old enough to vote for U.S. presidents
Old enough to fight in my countries wars
The law said that eighteen made me a man
Something I couldn’t understand
It was nothing like that birthday I had just two years before

Sixteen years and four wheels on the road
My key in the ignition
Where I’m going I don’t know
Freedom is calling with a power I’m just discovering
Sixteen and I'm on the open road

Twenty One, I was old enough to buy alcohol
Old enough for a casinos
And the corner liquor store
A couple of years in college
Got all this worthless knowledge
But nothing like that birthday I had just 5 years before

Sixteen years and four wheels on the road
My key in the ignition
Where I’m going I don’t know
Freedom is calling with a power I’m just discovering
Sixteen and I'm on the open road

Twenty Five, ain’t much to celebrate
Except I might just be a college graduate
And I’m getting better insurance rates
Married now and wondering what else might be in store
Nothing like that birthday just nine years before

Sixteen years and four wheels on the road
My key in the ignition
Where I’m going I don’t know
Freedom is calling with a power I’m just discovering
Sixteen and I'm on the open road

Thirty Five, Yeah I still like to drive
In my rusted red Toyota pick up
With the dented driver’s door
It feels as if I’ve left no milestone uncovered
But I still miss the way it was
when the world was an open road

Sixteen years and four wheels on the road
My key in the ignition
Where I’m going I don’t know
Freedom is calling with a power I’m just discovering
Sixteen and I'm on the open road