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 roues 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