1981
1981
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 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 (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 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 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 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' Said, whoo, baby, whoo Said, whoo 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 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 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) 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 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) Sometime to be near you Is to be unable to hear you My love I'm a few years older than you (I'm a few years older than you) 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-whoo-whoo Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Whoo, baby, whoo Said, whoo 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 (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 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 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 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' Said, whoo, baby, whoo Said, whoo 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 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 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) 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 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) Sometime to be near you Is to be unable to hear you My love I'm a few years older than you (I'm a few years older than you) Just like the white winged dove Sings a song Sounds like she's singin' Whoo, baby, whoo Said, whoo
A letra de “Edge of Seventeen” foi escrita por Stevie Nicks para expressar o luto pela morte de seu tio Jonathan e o assassinato de John Lennon, ocorridos na mesma semana de dezembro de 1980.
A música destaca um riff de guitarra em notas de 16ª pulsantes, acompanhado por uma batida de bateria marcante e uma progressão de acordes simples, que se tornaram sua assinatura sonora.
Lançada como terceiro single do álbum *Bella Donna* em 4 de fevereiro de 1982, “Edge of Seventeen” chegou ao nº 11 nas paradas dos Estados Unidos e do Canadá, tornando‑se um dos maiores sucessos de Nicks.
Em 2021, a canção foi posicionada no nº 217 da lista da *Rolling Stone* “500 Greatest Songs of All Time”, confirmando sua duradoura relevância cultural.
A faixa recebeu uma indicação ao Grammy de 1982, na categoria de Melhor Performance Vocal Feminina de Rock, durante a 24ª edição da premiação.
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