You wai
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 an 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