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
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 

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

I'm afraid that I might never see you again