Edge Of Seventeen - Stevie Nicks

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[Chorus]
              
Just like the 

             
white winged d

            
ove sings a so

ng sounds like

 shes singin

Ooh Ooh Ooh
              
Just like the 

             
white winged d

            
ove sings a so

ng sounds like

 shes singin

Ooh Ooh Ooh


[Verse 1]
             
And the days g

            
o by like a st

rand in the wi

nd
       
In the web tha

t is my own I 

begin again
             
Said to my fri

             
end, Baby, not

          
hing else matt

ered
             
He was no more

        
 than a baby t

hen
             
Well well he, 

              
seemed broken-

        
hearted
              
I was somethin

    
g within him


[Chorus]
             
But the moment

             
 that I first 

     
laid eyes on h

im
              
All alone on t

            
he edge of sev

       
enteen


[Chorus]
              
Just like the 

             
white winged d

            
ove sings a so

ng sounds like

 shes singin

Ooh Ooh Ooh
              
Well just like

             
 the white win

              
ged dove sings

    
 a song sounds

 like shes sin

gin

Ooh Ooh Ooh


[Verse 2]
             
Well I went to

             
day maybe I wi

              
ll go again to


morrow
              
Well well, the

             
 music there w

             
ell it was hau

          
ntingly famili

ar
             
When I see you

             
 doin what I t

ry to do for m

e
        
With the  word

s from a poet 

and a voice fr

om a choir
            
And a melody, 

            
nothin else ma

ttered


[Chorus]
             
Just like the 

              
white winged d

            
ove sings a so

ng sounds like

 shes singin

Ooh Ooh Ooh
              
Just like the 

             
white winged d

            
ove sings a so

ng sounds like

 shes singin

Ooh baby Ooh s

aid Ooh


[Bridge]
            
The clouds nev

             
er expect it w

             
hen it rains b

             
ut the sea cha

     
nges color
             
But the sea do

       
es not change
        
the sea does n

ot change
   
It does not ch

ange. Dows it?
           
So with the sl

             
ow graceful gl

      
ow of age
             
I went forth w

             
ith an age old

          
 desire to ple

ase
             
On the edge of

            
 seventeen
            
Oooooooooooooo

          
oh


[Interlude]
      


[Chorus]
              
Just like the 

             
white winged d

            
ove sings a so

ng sounds like

 shes singin

Ooh Ooh Ooh
              
Just like the 

             
white winged d

            
ove sings a so

ng sounds like

 shes singin

Ooh baby Ooh s

aid Ooh


[Verse 3]
              
Well then sudd

             
enly there was

             
 no one left s

              
tandin in the 


hall
              
Well, well, in

             
 a flood of te

             
ars that no on

              
e really ever 

      
heard fall at 

all
             
I went searchi

              
n for an answe

         
r up the stair

s and down the

 hall
            
But I did not 

              
find an answer

              
 but just to h

              
ear the call o

              
f a nightbird
       
Singin come aw

ay, come now, 

come away


[Chorus]
              
Just like the 

             
white winged d

            
ove sings a so

ng sounds like

 shes singin

Ooh baby Ooh s

aid Ooh
              
Just like the 

             
white winged d

            
ove sings a so

ng sounds like

 shes singin t

o ya

Ooh baby Ooh s

aid Ooh


[Bridge]
            
Well I hear yo

             
u in the morni

             
n' and I hear 

            
you at nightfa

ll
            
And sometimes 

             
to be near you

            
 is to be unab

             
le to hear you

   
 my love
              
Im a few years

             
 older than yo

     
u all
              
(Im a few year

  
s older than y

ou)


[Chorus]
              
Just like the 

             
white winged d

            
ove sings a so

ng sounds like

 shes singin

Ooh baby Ooh s

aid Ooh
              
Just like the 

             
white winged d

            
ove sings a so

ng sounds like

 shes singin t

o ya

Ooh baby Ooh s

aid Ooh


[Tag 1]
             
I hear the cal

      
l of a nightbi

rd
             
I hear the cal

      
l of a nightbi

rd
             
I still hear t

            
he call of a n


ighbird  oh oh

 he says
             
I hear the cal

      
l of a nightbi

rd oh yeah


[Interlude]
      
      
      
      
      
      
      
      


[Tag 2]
             
She says "I wo

              
nt leave in th

              
e middle of th

             
e night baby, 

         
I think about 

you." Oh
             
She says "I wo

              
nt leave in th

              
e middle of th

             
e night baby, 

         
I think about 

you."
             
She says "I kn

              
ow what it sou

         
nds like"
 
"I know what i

t sounds like"
             
"I know what i

              
t sounds like,

             
 it sounds lik

  
e you"


[Outro]