Edge of Seventeen

About Edge of Seventeen

"Edge of Seventeen" is a song by American singer and songwriter Stevie Nicks from her debut solo studio album Bella Donna (1981), released as the third single from the album on February 4, 1982. The lyric was written by Nicks to express the grief resulting from the death of her uncle Jonathan and the murder of John Lennon during the same week of December 1980. The song features a distinctive, chugging 16th-note guitar riff and a simple chord structure typical of Nicks' songs. The song's title for the single release was "Edge of Seventeen (Just Like the White Winged Dove)". In the United States, "Edge of Seventeen" just missed out on the top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100, peaking at number 11. Despite this, it became one of Nicks' most enduring and recognizable songs and has been covered by many artists, notably American actress and singer Lindsay Lohan on her second studio album A Little More Personal (Raw) (2005). The distinctive riff was sampled by American girl group Destiny's Child in their 2001 hit single "Bootylicious", with Nicks making a cameo appearance in the accompanying music video. more »

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2005

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Just like the white winged dove 
Sings a song 
Sounds like she's singing 
Whoo, whoo, whoo 
Just like the white winged dove 
Sings a song 
Sounds like she's singing 
Ooh baby, ooh, said ooh 

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 
Nothin' else mattered 

He was no more than a baby then 
Well he seemed broken hearted 
Something within him 
But the moment that I first laid 
Eyes on him all alone
On the edge of seventeen 

Just like the white winged dove 
Sings a song 
Sounds like she's singing 
Ooh baby, ooh, said ooh 
Just like the white winged dove 
Sings a song 
Sounds like she's singing 
Ooh baby, ooh, said ooh 

I went today maybe I will go again tomorrow 
And the music there it was hauntingly familiar 
And I see you doing 
What I try to do for me 
With the words from a poet 
And the voice from a choir 
And a melody nothing else mattered 

Just like the white winged dove 
Sings a song 
Sounds like she's singing 
Oo baby, oo, said ooo 
Just like the white winged dove 
Sings a song 
Sounds like she's singing 
Ooh baby, ooh, said ooh 

The clouds never expect it 
When it rains 
But the sea changes colours 
But the sea 
Does not change 
And so with the slow graceful flow of age 
I went forth with an age old desire to please 
On the edge of seventeen 

Just like the white winged dove 
Sings a song 
Sounds like she's singing 
Ooh baby, ooh, said ooh 
Just like the white winged dove 
Sings a song 
Sounds like she's singing 
Ooh baby, ooh, said ooh 

Just like the white winged dove 
Sings a song 
Sounds like she's singing 
Ooh baby, ooh, said ooh 
Just like the white winged dove 
Sings a song 
Sounds like she's singing 
Ooh baby, ooh, said ooh 

Just like the white winged dove 
Sings a song 
Sounds like she's singing 
Ooh baby, said ooh
Ooh baby, said ooh
Ooh baby, said ooh
Ooh baby, said ooh
Ooh baby, said ooh
Ooh baby, said ooh
Ooh baby, said ooh

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Lindsay Lohan

Lindsay Dee Lohan is an American actress, businesswoman, fashion designer and singer. Born and raised in New York, Lohan was signed to Ford Models as a child. more »

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