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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!