A bell is no bell till you ring it

A song is no song till you sing it

And love in your heart wasn't put there to stay

Love isn't love til you give it away

When you're sixteen going on seventeen

Waiting for life to start

Sombody kind who touches your mind

Will suddenly touch your heart

When that happens after it happens

Nothing is quite the same

Somehow I know I'll jump up and go

If ever he calls my name

Gone are your old ideas of life

The old ideas grow dim

Low and behold you're someone's wife

And you belong to him

You may think this kind of adventure

Never may come to you

Darling sixteen going on seventeen

Wait a year or two

I'll wait a year

Just wait a year or two