At Seventeen-Janis Ian

[ti:At Seventeen] [ar:Janis Ian] [al:Souveni Best Of Janis Ian 1972] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]At Seventeen (十七岁) - Janis Ian (珍妮斯·艾恩) [00:07.97]I leaned the truth at seventeen [00:11.46] [00:12.09]That love was meant for beauty queens [00:15.70] [00:16.64]And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles [00:20.95]Who married young and then retired [00:23.76] [00:27.62]The valentines I never knew [00:31.25] [00:31.87]The Friday night charades of youth [00:35.49] [00:36.49]Were spent on one more beautiful [00:39.67] [00:40.60]At seventeen I learned the truth [00:44.29] [00:47.47]And those of us with ravaged faces [00:52.29]Lacking in the social graces [00:55.60]Desperately remained at home [00:59.40]Inventing lovers on the phone [01:03.21]Who called to say Come dance with me [01:06.58] [01:08.02]And murmured vague obscenities [01:10.82] [01:12.13]It isn't all it seems at seventeen [01:16.75] [01:18.81]A brown-eyed girl in hand-me-downs [01:22.12] [01:23.18]Whose name I never could pronounce [01:26.29] [01:26.92]Said Pity please the ones who serve [01:30.48] [01:31.37]'Cause they only get what they deserve [01:34.19] [01:37.87]And the rich relationed hometown queen [01:41.68] [01:42.30]Marries into what she needs [01:45.55]With a guarantee of company [01:49.54]And haven for the elderly [01:53.10] [01:57.28]So remember those who win the game [02:01.52]Lose the love they sought to gain [02:04.89]In debentures of quality and dubious integrity [02:12.66]Their small town eyes will gape at you [02:16.41]In dull surprise when payment due [02:21.34]Exceeds accounts received at seventeen [02:25.77] [03:21.07]To those of us who knew the pain [03:24.94]Of valentines that never came [03:28.31] [03:29.62]And those whose names were never called [03:32.43] [03:33.36]When choosing sides for basketball [03:36.73] [03:39.98]It was long ago and far away [03:43.47] [03:44.90]The world was younger than today [03:49.09]When dreams were all they gave for free [03:52.77]To ugly duckling girls like me [03:57.70] [03:58.95]We all play the game and when we dare [04:03.44]To cheat ourselves at solitaire [04:06.56] [04:07.31]Inventing lovers on the phone [04:10.99]Repenting other lives unknown [04:14.73]They call and say Come on dance with me [04:19.10]And murmur vague obscenities [04:22.18] [04:23.43]At ugly girls like me at seventee