Edge of Seventeen

Edge of Seventeen, drawn from the first line of its refrain, is a song written and recorded by American singer Stevie Nicks, the third single from her successful 1981 solo debut album, Bella Donna.

[Chorus] Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Whoo-whoo-whoo Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Whoo, baby, whoo Said, whoo [Verse 1] And the days go by Like a strand in the wind In the web that is my own I begin again Said to my friend, baby (everything stops) Nothin' else mattered He was no more (He was no more) Than a baby then Well, he seemed broken hearted Somethin' within him But the moment That I first laid Eyes on him All alone on the edge of seventeen [Chorus] Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Whoo, baby, whoo, whoo Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Said, whoo, baby, whoo Said, whoo [Verse 2] Well, I went today Maybe I will go again Tomorrow, yeah, yeah Well, the music there Well it was hauntingly familiar When I see you doin' What I try to do for me With their words of a poet And a voice from a choir And a melody Nothin' else mattered [Chorus] Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Whoo, baby, whoo, whoo Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Said, whoo, baby, whoo Said, whoo [Verse 3] The clouds never expect it When it rains But the sea changes colours But the sea Does not change So with the slow graceful flow Of age I went forth with an age old Desire to please On the edge of seventeen [Chorus] Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Whoo, baby, whoo, whoo Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Said, whoo, baby, whoo Said, whoo [Verse 4] Well then suddenly There was no one left standing In the hall, yeah, yeah In a flood of tears That no one really ever heard fall at all When I went searchin' for an answer Up the stairs and down the hall Not to find an answer Just to hear the call Of a nightbird singin' (Come away) (Come away) (Come away) [Chorus] Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Whoo, baby, whoo, whoo Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Said, whoo, baby, whoo Said, whoo [Bridge] Well, I hear you (well, I hear you) In the morning (in the morning) And I hear you (and I hear you) At nightfall (at nightfall) Sometimes to be near you Is to be unable to hear you My love I'm a few years older than you, my love (I'm a few years older than you) [Chorus] Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Whoo, baby, whoo Said, whoo Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Whoo, baby, whoo Said, whoo