| SIXTEEN GOING ON SEVENTEEN You wait little girl on an empty stage For fate to turn the light on Your life little girl is an empty page That men will want to write on To write on... You are sixteen going on seventeen, baby it's time to think Better beware, be canny and careful, baby you're on the brink You are sixteen going on seventeen, fellows will fall in line Eager young lads, and rogues and cads Will offer you food and wine Totally unprepared are you, to face a world of men Timid and shy and scared are you, of things beyond your ken You need someone older and wiser, telling you what to do I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you I am sixteen going on seventeen, I know that I'm naive Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet, and willingly I believe I am sixteen going on seventeen, innocent as a rose Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies, what do I know of those Totally unprepared am I, to face a world of men Timid and shy and scared am I, of things beyond my ken I need someone older and wiser, telling me what to do You are seventeen going on eighteen, I'll depend on you SECOND VERSION: You are sixteen going on seventeen Waiting for life to start Somebody kind who touches your mind Will suddenly touch your heart When that happens, after it happens Nothing is quite the same Somehow I know I'll jump up and go If ever he calls my name Gone are your old ideas of life The old ideas grow dim Lo and behold you're someone's wife And you belong to him You may think this kind of adventure Never may come to you Darling, sixteen going on seventeen Wait a year... I'll wait a year... Just wait a year... Or two |