Rolf] 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
Liesl] To write on
Rolf] 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 an wiser telling you what to do
I am seventeen going on eighteen I'll take care of you
Liesl] 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
Maria] When your sixteen going on seventeen waiting for life to start
somebody kind who touches your mind will suddenly touch your heart
Leisl] 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
Maria] Gone are your old ideas of life the old ideas grow dim low and behold you're someones 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 or
Leisl] wait a year
Maria] just wait a year...
Both] or twooooo