Rolf: You wake, 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... Liesl: To write on... Rolf: 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 bruees 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 kin! You need someone older and wiser Telling you what to do! I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you! Liesl: I am sixteen going on seventeen I know that I'm naïve. Fellows I meet May tell me I'm sweet And, willingly, I believe! I am sixteen going on seventeen Innocent as a rose. Bacheledandies, 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 kin! I need someone older and wiser Telling me what to do! You are seventeen going on eighteen, I'll depend on you!
Rolf: You wake, 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... Liesl: To write on... Rolf: 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 bruees 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 kin! You need someone older and wiser Telling you what to do! I am seventeen going on eighteen, I'll take care of you! Liesl: I am sixteen going on seventeen I know that I'm naïve. Fellows I meet May tell me I'm sweet And, willingly, I believe! I am sixteen going on seventeen Innocent as a rose. Bacheledandies, 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 kin! I need someone older and wiser Telling me what to do! You are seventeen going on eighteen, I'll depend on you!
