At Seventeen-Chantal Chamberland

[ti:At Seventeen] [ar:Chantal Chamberland] [al:Serendipity Street] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]At Seventeen - Chantal Chamberland [00:00.79]And those of us with ravaged faces [00:05.20]Lacking in the social graces [00:09.74]Desperately remained at home [00:13.38] [00:14.34]Inventing lovers on the phone [00:17.85] [00:18.73]Who called and say come dance with me [00:22.37] [00:23.32]And murmured vague obscenities [00:27.39] [00:27.93]It isn't all it seems at seventeen [00:33.35] [00:45.80]I learned the truth at seventeen [00:49.17] [00:50.08]That love was meant for beauty queens [00:54.43]And high school girls with clear skinned smiles [00:58.69]Who married young and then retired [01:02.55] [01:07.44]The valentines I never knew [01:10.98] [01:11.65]The Friday night charades of youth [01:15.61] [01:16.23]Were spent on one more beautiful [01:19.62] [01:20.42]At seventeen I learned the truth [01:24.34] [01:29.35]And those of us with ravaged faces [01:33.64]Lacking in the social graces [01:38.13]Desperately remained at home [01:41.53] [01:42.35]Inventing lovers on the phone [01:45.85] [01:46.56]Who called and say come dance with me [01:50.10] [01:50.85]And murmured vague obscenities [01:54.52] [01:55.28]It isn't all it seems at seventeen [02:00.44] [02:03.93]A brown eyed girl in hand me downs [02:07.49] [02:08.04]Whose name I never could pronounce [02:12.13] [02:12.95]Said pity please the ones who serve [02:16.01] [02:16.70]They only get what they deserve [02:20.29] [02:25.58]The rich relationed hometown queen [02:28.98] [02:29.91]Marries into what she needs [02:33.28] [02:34.25]A guarantee of company [02:37.25] [02:38.34]And haven for the elderly [02:41.80] [02:47.15]Remember those who win the game [02:50.78] [02:51.56]Lose the love they sought to gain [02:54.72] [02:55.58]In debitures of quality and dubious integrity [03:03.08] [03:04.18]Their small town eyes will gape at you [03:07.62] [03:08.44]In dull surprise when payment due [03:11.85] [03:12.82]Exceeds accounts received at seventeen [03:17.84] [03:21.17]To those of us who knew the pain [03:24.53] [03:25.30]Of valentines that never came [03:29.03] [03:29.69]And those whose names were never called [03:33.15] [03:33.79]When choosing sides for basketball [03:37.11] [03:42.47]A long ago and far away [03:45.86] [03:46.52]The world was younger than today [03:49.74] [03:50.84]When dreams were all they gave for free [03:54.39] [03:55.13]To ugly duckling girls like me [03:58.65] [04:03.72]We play the game and when we dare [04:07.20] [04:07.77]We cheat ourselves at solitaire [04:11.43] [04:12.06]Inventing lovers on the phone [04:15.67] [04:16.29]Repenting other lives unknown [04:19.62] [04:20.59]That call and say come dance with me [04:23.98] [04:24.74]And murmur vague obscenities [04:28.60] [04:29.19]At ugly girls like me at seventeen