At Seventeen (Live)-Janis Ian

[ti:At Seventeen (Live)] [ar:Janis Ian] [al:Remember: Live in Japan & Australia] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]At Seventeen (十七岁) (Live) - Janis Ian (珍妮斯·艾恩) [00:16.38]I learned the truth at seventeen [00:21.49]That love was meant for beauty queens [00:24.85] [00:25.80]And high school girls with clear skinned smiles [00:29.50] [00:30.79]Who married young and then retired [00:33.77] [00:37.10]The valentines I never knew [00:41.36] [00:42.41]The friday night charades of youth [00:45.80] [00:46.47]Were spent on one more beautiful [00:49.65] [00:51.11]At seventeen I learned the truth [00:55.04] [00:57.76]And those of us with ravaged faces [01:02.34] [01:03.90]Lacking in the social graces [01:07.54]Desperately remained at home [01:11.37]Inventing lovers on the phone [01:15.69]Who called to say come dance with me [01:20.27]And murmured vague obscenities [01:24.94]It isn't all it seems at seventeen [01:28.44] [01:31.77]A brown eyed girl in hand me downs [01:36.43]Whose name I never could pronounce [01:40.70]Said pity please the ones who serve [01:44.93]They only get what they deserve [01:47.96] [01:51.77]The rich relationed hometown queen [01:57.02]Marries into what she needs [02:00.15]With a guarantee of company [02:05.46]And haven for the elderly [02:12.02]Remember those who win the game [02:16.06]Lose the love they sought to gain [02:19.84] [02:20.87]In debentures of quality and dubious integrity [02:27.47] [02:28.57]Their small town eyes will gape at you [02:32.40]In dull surprise when payment due [02:37.15]Exceeds accounts received at seventeen [02:42.71] [03:23.06]To those of us who knew the pain [03:28.27]Of valentines that never came [03:31.74] [03:32.49]And those whose names were never called [03:37.22]When choosing sides for basketball [03:40.97] [03:43.71]It was long ago and far away [03:49.18]The world was younger than today [03:53.43]When dreams were all they gave for free [03:57.23] [03:58.41]To ugly duckling girls like me [04:04.44]We all play the game and when we dare [04:08.56] [04:09.29]We cheat ourselves at solitaire [04:12.84]Inventing lovers on the phone [04:16.89]Repenting other lives unknown [04:21.10]That call and say come dance with me [04:24.70]And murmur vague obscenities [04:30.20]At ugly girls like me at seventeen