Rolf] You wait, little girl, on an empty stage for fate to turn the light on
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Your life, little girl, is an empty page that men will want to write on
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Liesl] To write on
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Rolf] You are sixteen going on seventeen Baby, it's time to think
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Better beware, be canny and careful Baby, you're on the brink
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You are sixteen going on seventeen Fellows will fall in line
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Eager young lads and rogues and cads Will offer you food and wine
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Totally unprepared are you To face a world of men
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Timid and shy and scared are you of things beyond your ken
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You need someone older an wiser telling you what to do
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I am seventeen going on eighteen I'll take care of you
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Liesl] I am sixteen going on seventeen I know that I'm naive
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Fellows I meet may tell me I'm sweet And willingly I believe
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I am sixteen going on seventeen Innocent as a rose Bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies
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What do I know of those
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Totally unprepared am I To face a world of men Timid and shy and scared am I Of things beyond my ken
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I need someone older and wiser Telling me what to do You are seventeen going on eighteen
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I'll depend on you
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Maria] When your sixteen going on seventeen waiting for life to start
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somebody kind who touches your mind will suddenly touch your heart
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Leisl] When that happens after it happens nothing is quite the same somehow I know
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I'll jump up and go if ever he calls my name
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Maria] Gone are your old ideas of life the old ideas grow dim low and behold you're someones wife
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and you belong to him
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you may think this kind of adventure never may come to you darling sixteen, going on seventeen
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wait a year or
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Leisl] wait a year
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Maria] just wait a year...
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Both] or twooooo
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Sixteen Going On Seventeen
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| Various Artists |
