where were you in sixty eight in sixty eight julie was johnnie s date two kids growin together livin each day as if time was slippin away oh they were just sixteen and their love a teenage dream they passed the time they crossed the line the line that ran between julie and johnnie now you ve made it but life goes on you know it ain t easy you ve just gotta be strong if you re one of the sixteens and life goes on you know you know it ain t easy you know you ll never go wrong cause you re all part of the sixteens suzie and davey got to make the big time maybe they can put it all together in a show that lasts forever oh they would walk the strip at nights and dream they saw their name in lights on desolation boulevard they ll light the faded light suzie and davey you can make it but life goes on you know it ain t easy you ve just gotta be strong if you re one of the sixteens and life goes on you know you know it ain t easy you know you ll never go wrong cause you re all part of the sixteens so where were you in sixty eight when bobby and billy thought that sixty eight was out of date they took the flowers from their hair and tried to make us all aware too bad too late so they lived from day to day and tried to do it all their way but sixty eight was sixty eight no matter what they say bobby and billy maybe you ll make it one day but life goes on you know it ain t easy you ve just gotta be strong if you re one of the sixteens and life goes on you know you know it ain t easy you know you ll never go wrong cause you re all and life goes on you know you know it ain t easy you know you ll never go wrong cause you re all part of the sixteens and life goes on 