《At Seventeen》歌词

歌曲： At Seventeen

所属专辑：Souvenirs: Best of Janis Ian 1972-1981

歌手： Janis Ian

时长： 04:44

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At Seventeen (十七岁) - Janis Ian[00:00:00]

I leaned the truth at seventeen[00:00:07]

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[00:00:36]

At seventeen I learned the truth[00:00:40]

And those of us with ravaged faces[00:00:47]

Lacking in the social graces[00:00:52]

Desperately remained at home[00:00:55]

Inventing lovers on the phone[00:00:59]

Who called to say Come dance with me[00:01:03]

And murmured vague obscenities[00:01:08]

It isn't all it seems at seventeen[00:01:12]

A brown-eyed girl in hand-me-downs[00:01:18]

Whose name I never could pronounce[00:01:23]

Said Pity please the ones who serve[00:01:26]

'Cause they only get what they deserve[00:01:31]

And the rich relationed hometown queen[00:01:37]

Marries into what she needs[00:01:42]

With a guarantee of company[00:01:45]

And haven for the elderly[00:01:49]

So remember those who win the game[00:01:57]

Lose the love they sought to gain[00:02:01]

In debentures of quality and dubious integrity[00:02:04]

Their small town eyes will gape at you[00:02:12]

In dull surprise when payment due[00:02:16]

Exceeds accounts received at seventeen[00:02:21]

To those of us who knew the pain[00:03:21]

Of valentines that never came[00:03:24]

And those whose names were never called[00:03:29]

When choosing sides for basketball[00:03:33]

It was long ago and far away[00:03:39]

The world was younger than today[00:03:44]

When dreams were all they gave for free[00:03:49]

To ugly duckling girls like me[00:03:52]

We all play the game and when we dare[00:03:58]

To cheat ourselves at solitaire[00:04:03]

Inventing lovers on the phone[00:04:07]

Repenting other lives unknown[00:04:10]

They call and say Come on dance with me[00:04:14]

And murmur vague obscenities[00:04:19]

At ugly girls like me at seventee[00:04:23]