At Seventeen-Janis Ian

[00:00.000] 作词 : Janis Ian [00:00.772] 作曲 : Janis Ian [00:01.544]at seventeen [00:03.602]一峰至爱Janis Ian [00:07.496]i learned the truth at seventeen [00:11.507]that love was meant for beauty queens [00:14.446]and high school girls with clear siknned smiles [00:20.461]who married young and then retired [00:23.491]the valentines i never knew [00:31.149]the friday night charades of youth [00:35.885]were spent on one more beautiful [00:39.571]at seventeen i learned the truth [00:47.37]and those of us with ravaged faces [00:50.781]lacking in the social graces [00:54.824]desperately remained at home [00:58.707]inventing lovers on the phone [01:02.552]who called to say come dance with me" [01:07.197]and murmured vague obscenities [01:11.128]it isn't all it seems at seventeen [01:17.987]a brown-eyed girl in hand me downs [01:22.419]whose name i never could pronounce [01:25.736]said"pity please the ones who serve, [01:30.499]they only get what they deserve" [01:36.941]and the rich relationed home town queen [01:41.496]marries into what she needs [01:44.707]with a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly [01:56.526]remember those who with the game [02:00.397]lose the love they sought to gain [02:03.981]in debentures of quality and dubious integrity [02:11.720]the small town eyes would gape at you in dull surprise [02:18.24]when payment due exceeds accounts received at seventeen [03:19.514]to those of us who knew the pain [03:23.535]of valentines that never came [03:27.994]and those whose names were never called [03:31.685]when choosing sides for basketball [03:38.544]it was long ago and far away [03:42.682]the world was younger than today [03:47.365]and dreams were all they gave for free [03:51.02]to ugly duckling girls like me [03:57.498]we all played the game and when we dared [04:01.903]to cheat ourselves at solitaire [04:05.631]inverting lovers on the phone [04:09.376]repenting other lives unknown [04:12.933]they call and say "come dance with me" [04:17.66]and murmur vague obscenities [04:21.872]at ugly girls like me--at seventeen