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 dandy's, drinkers of brandy's

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