一日下班后走在熙熙攘攘的街道上，身后忽然传来一阵依依呀呀的歌声，歌词清晰可辨，"You need someone older an wiser, telling you what to do..." 回头一看，是一个被妈妈牵着的小女孩，不到十岁的样子，满脸幸福的表情。

这首歌是《音乐之声》中的一个唱段，想当年初中的元旦晚会上还曾经把它搬上了舞台，一晃不禁十年过去了。歌词的一部分如下：

 

You are sixteen going on seventeen
Baby, it's time to think

Better beware, be canny and careful
Baby, you're on the brink

 

You are sixteen going on seventeen
Fellows will fall in line

Eager young lads and rogues and cads
Will offer you food and wine

 

Totally unprepared are you
To face a world of men

Timid and shy and scared are you
Of things beyond your ken

 

You need someone older an wiser
Telling you what to do

I am seventeen going on eighteen
I'll take care of you

 

本是唱给小女孩的歌，今天却让我这25+变得敏感了。Someone older and wiser，需要他的不只是16岁小女孩吧。只是过了年纪的人若是再要响亮地唱出这个声音，估计会被扣上一顶缺乏新女性独立自主精神的帽子吧，所以顶多在心里咕哝两声了事。不过更让人心虚的是，虽已早过了歌中的年纪，却依然在face a world of men的时候不能那般地淡定自若。

 

最后发个奇想，要是给小男孩唱一首歌，是不是应该考虑将歌词改为"You need someone younger and more stupid”？