[Verse 1]
I was sixteen, let me tell you
When I put my love on sale
I won't detail all I went through
There was lots to hate
That's how it is with fate
But it's no man's fault if girls are frail
After all, I'm only human myself

[Chorus]
Thank the Lord, it all goes by so quickly
Love is brief, and so are pain and fear
Where are the tears we shed last evening?
Where are the snows, the snows of yesteryear?
Where are the tears we shed last evening?
Where are the snows, the snows of yesteryear?

[Verse 2]
Every year the pain grows lighter
When you put your love on sale
As they crowd to hold you tighter
The amazing rule
Is that your heart turns cool
When you love on an extensive scale
After all, every supply has to run out sometime
[Chorus]
Thank the Lord, it all goes by so quickly
Love is brief, and so are pain and fear
Where are the tears we shed last evening?
Where are the snows, the snows of yesteryear?
Where are the tears we shed last evening?
Where are the snows, the snows of yesteryear?

[Verse 3]
But when you're an expert broker
And you weigh one's love in gold
Love is still is a dirty joker
It's still hard to sell
But you think, "What the hell?"
Then one day you wake up and you're old
After all, you can't stay sweet sixteen forever

[Chorus]
Thank the Lord, it all goes by so quickly
Love is brief, and so are pain and fear
Where are the tears we shed last evening?
Where are the snows, the snows of yesteryear?
Where are the tears we shed last evening?
Where are the snows, the snows of yesteryear?