MARIA A bell is no bell til you ring it A song is no song til 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 Somebody kind who touches your mind May suddenly touch your heart LIESL When that happens, after it happens Nothing is quite the same Somehow you know, you'll jump up and go If ever he calls your name. MARIA Gone are the 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. LIESL I'll wait a year or two.