《At Seventeen》歌词

歌曲： At Seventeen

歌手： Janis Ian

时长： 04:42

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曲： Janis Lan 词： Janis Lan 编： Janis Lan[00:00:04]

I learned the truth at seventeen[00:00:08]

That love was meant for beauty queens[00:00:12]

And high school girls with clear skinned smiles[00:00:17]

Who married young and then retired[00:00:22]

The valentines I never knew[00:00:28]

The Friday night charades of youth[00:00:32]

Were spent on one more beautiful[00:00:37]

At seventeen I learned the truth[00:00:41]

And those of us with ravaged faces[00:00:48]

Lacking in the social graces[00:00:53]

Desperately remained at home[00:00:56]

Inventing lovers on the phone[00:01:00]

Who called to say, "come dance with me"[00:01:04]

And murmur vague obscenities[00:01:09]

It isn't all it seems at seventeen[00:01:13]

A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs[00:01:19]

Whose name I never could pronounce said[00:01:24]

Pity, please, the ones who serve[00:01:28]

They only get what they deserve[00:01:32]

The rich-relationed home-town queen[00:01:38]

Marries into what she needs[00:01:43]

With a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly[00:01:46]

Remember those who win the game[00:01:58]

Lose the love they sought to gain[00:02:02]

In debentures of quality[00:02:06]

And dubious integrity[00:02:10]

Their small town eyes will gape at you in[00:02:13]

Dull surprise when payment due[00:02:17]

Exceeds accounts received at seventeen[00:02:22]

To those of us who knew the pain[00:03:22]

Of valentines that never came[00:03:26]

And those whose names were never called[00:03:30]

When choosing sides for basketball[00:03:34]

It was long ago and far away[00:03:41]

The world was younger than today[00:03:45]

And dreams were all they gave for free[00:03:50]

To ugly duckling girls like me[00:03:54]

We all play the game and when we dare[00:04:00]

To cheat ourselves at solitaire[00:04:04]

Inventing lovers on the phone[00:04:08]

Repenting other lives unknown[00:04:11]

That call and say, "come dance with me"[00:04:15]

And murmur vague obscenities[00:04:20]

At ugly girls like me, at seventeen[00:04:24]