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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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To write on...
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1. 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 roues 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'll need someone older and 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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2. I am sixteen going seventeen I know that I'm naïve,
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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 seventeen, innocent as a rose.
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bachelor dandies, drinkers of brandies, what do I know of those ?
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Totally unprepared am I to face a world of men,
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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,
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you are seventeen going on eighteen I'll depend on you!