At Seventeen-Twiggy

[00:08.93]I learned the truth at seventeen [00:12.97]That love was meant for beauty queens [00:17.23]And high school girls with clear skinned smiles [00:22.09]Who married young and then retired [00:28.65]The valentines I never knew [00:32.90]The Friday night charades of youth [00:37.39]Were spent on one more beautiful [00:41.64]At seventeen I learned the truth [00:43.06] [00:48.45]And those of us with ravaged faces [00:53.36]Lacking in the social graces [00:56.90]Desperately remained at home [01:00.43]Inventing lovers on the phone [01:04.28]Who called to say, "come dance with me" [01:09.04]And murmur vague obscenities [01:13.10]It isn't all it seems at seventeen [01:17.10] [01:19.83]A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs [01:24.46]Whose name I never could pronounce said [01:28.30]Pity, please, the ones who serve [01:32.44]They only get what they deserve [01:38.98]The rich-relationed home-town queen [01:43.43]Marries into what she needs [01:46.86]With a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly [01:53.88] [01:58.12]Remember those who win the game [02:02.65]Lose the love they sought to gain [02:06.35]In debentures of quality [02:10.29]And dubious integrity [02:13.81]Their small town eyes will gape at you in [02:17.64]Dull surprise when payment due [02:22.48]Exceeds accounts received at seventeen [02:26.67] [03:22.10]To those of us who knew the pain [03:26.06]Of valentines that never came [03:30.62]And those whose names were never called [03:34.66]When choosing sides for basketball [03:41.39]It was long ago and far away [03:45.92]The world was younger than today [03:50.05]And dreams were all they gave for free [03:54.22]To ugly duckling girls like me [03:58.10] [04:00.03]We all play the game and when we dare [04:04.62]To cheat ourselves at solitaire [04:08.57]Inventing lovers on the phone [04:11.97]Repenting other lives unknown [04:15.92]That call and say, "come dance with me" [04:20.58]And murmur vague obscenities [04:24.81]At ugly girls like me, at seventeen