At 17-马玉芬

[ti:At 17] [ar:马玉芬] [al:青春不定] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]At 17 (十七岁) - 马玉芬 [00:08.48]I learned the truth at seventeen [00:12.16]That love was meant for beauty queens [00:16.53]And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles [00:20.96]Who married young and then retired [00:25.26]The valentines I never knew [00:31.32]The Friday night charades of youth [00:35.56]Were spent on one more beautify [00:39.62]At seventeen I learned the truth [00:46.29]And those of us with ravaged faces [00:50.85]Lacking in the social graces [00:54.40]Desp'rately remained at home [00:57.83]Inventing lovers on the phone [01:01.46]Ian Janis [01:03.53]Who called to say Come dance with me [01:07.27]And murmered vague obscenities [01:10.14]It isn't all it seems at seventeen [01:16.75]A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs [01:20.43]Whose name I never could pronounce [01:25.07]Said Pity please the ones who serve [01:29.06]They only get what they deserve [01:35.55]The rich relationed hometown queen [01:39.55]Marries into what she needs [01:42.92]A guarantee of company [01:46.54]And haven for the elderly [01:54.34]Remember those who win the game [01:58.46]Lose the love they sought to gain [02:01.89]In debentures of quality [02:05.51]And dubious integrity [02:09.69]In dull surprise when payment due [02:17.86]Exceeds accounts received at seventeen [02:25.91] [02:33.21]To those of us who knew the pain [02:36.08]Of valentines that never came [02:40.03]And those whose names were never called [02:44.55]When choosing sides for basketball [02:50.92]It was long ago and far away [02:55.68]The world was younger than today [02:59.48]And dreams were all they gave for free [03:03.41]To ugly ducking girls like me [03:09.47]We all play the game and when we dare [03:13.71]To cheat ourselves at solitaire [03:17.39]Inventing lovers on the phone [03:21.09]Repenting other lives unknown [03:25.05]That call and say Come dance with me [03:30.23]And murmur vague obscenities [03:33.98]At ugly girls like me at seventeen