所属专辑:Essential Folk Music, Vol. 1
歌手: Hit Crew Masters
时长: 03:53
At Seventeen - The Hit Co. (热歌公司)[00:00:00]
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[00:00:16]
Who married young and then retired.[00:00:20]
The valentines I never knew[00:00:27]
The Friday night charades of youth[00:00:31]
Were spent on one more beautiful[00:00:35]
At seventeen I learned the truth.[00:00:39]
And those of us with ravaged faces[00:00:46]
Lacking in the social graces[00:00:50]
Desperately remained at home[00:00:54]
Inventing lovers on the phone[00:00:57]
Who called to say come dance with me[00:01:01]
And murmured vague obscenities[00:01:04]
It isn't all it seems[00:01:10]
At seventeen.[00:01:12]
A brown eyed girl in hand me downs[00:01:16]
Whose name I never could pronounce[00:01:20]
Said, Pity please the ones who serve[00:01:24]
They only get what they deserve.[00:01:28]
The rich relationed hometown queen[00:01:35]
Married into what she needs[00:01:39]
A guarantee of company[00:01:42]
And haven for the elderly.[00:01:46]
Remember those who win the game[00:01:54]
Lose the love they sought to gain[00:01:58]
Indebentures of quality[00:02:01]
And dubious integrity.[00:02:05]
Their small town eyes will gape at you[00:02:09]
In dull surprise when payment due[00:02:13]
Exceeds accounts received[00:02:17]
At seventeen.[00:02:20]
To those of us who know the pain[00:02:32]
Of valentines that never came,[00:02:36]
And those whose names were never called[00:02:40]
When choosing sides for basketball.[00:02:44]
It was long ago and far away[00:02:50]
The world was younger than today[00:02:55]
And dreams were all they gave for free[00:02:59]
To ugly duckling girls like me.[00:03:03]
We all play the game and when we dare[00:03:09]
To cheat ourselves at solitaire[00:03:13]
Inventing lovers on the phone[00:03:17]
Repenting other lives unknown[00:03:21]
That call and say, come dance with me[00:03:25]
And murmur vague obscenities[00:03:28]
At ugly girls like me[00:03:33]
At seventeen.[00:03:36]