SIXTEEN GOING ON SEVENTEEN
4/4 1...2...1234 (without intro)
Intro:
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 roués and cads will offer you food and wine
Totally unpre-pared are you to face
a
world of
men
Timid and shy and scared are you of things be-yond your ken
You need someone older and wiser telling you what to do
I am seventeen, going on eigh - teen, I’ll take care of you.