Intro: well she's sittin right there on the chain link fence standing at the park with the rest of her friends and she looks so pretty, but she's only sixteen I didn't know that when she smiled at me now the boys are hunched over their electric guitars lying in the grass out beside my car follow her down to the dixie freeze hold on, hold on, hold on to me sweet girl, wont 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 summer and I'm just twenty-one been 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 so I'm sittin right here on the chain link fence when she smiles at me gonna take my chance well I know the shows over but I wish you wouldn't leave hold on, hold on, hold on to me