You are sixteen going on seventeen

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,
Fellas 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.

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I am sixteen
Going seventeen
I know that I'm naive
Fellows I meet
May tell me I'm sweet
And willingly I believe
I am sixteen
Going 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!

Rodgers & Hammerstein

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