At Seventeen - Alixandrea Corvyn

[00:00.000] 作词 : Janis Ian
[00:00.186] 作曲 : Janis Ian
[00:00.372]I learned the truth at seventeen
[00:11.563]That love was meant for beauty queens
[00:15.293]And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
[00:19.539]Who married young and then retired
[00:23.246]The valentines I never knew
[00:31.218]The Friday night charades of youth
[00:34.940]Were spent on one more beautiful
[00:39.198]At seventeen I learned the truth
[00:43.441]And those of us with ravaged faces
[00:51.824]Lacking in the social graces
[00:55.549]Desperately remained at home
[00:58.743]Inventing lovers on the phone
[01:02.474]Who called to say come dance with me
[01:06.714]And murmured vague obscenities
[01:10.984]It isn't all it seems
[01:14.156]At seventeen
[01:17.878]A brown eyed girl in hand me downs
[01:22.660]Whose name I never could pronounce
[01:26.391]Said, "Pity please the ones who serve,
[01:30.654]They only get what they deserve"
[01:34.363]The rich relationed hometown queen
[01:42.332]Marries into what she needs
[01:46.053]With a guarantee of company
[01:50.341]And haven for the elderly
[01:54.067]Remember those who win the game
[02:02.026]Lose the love they sought to gain
[02:06.287]In debentures of quality
[02:09.990]And dubious integrity
[02:14.228]Their small town eyes will gape at you
[02:17.967]In dull surprise when payment due
[02:21.686]Exceeds accounts received
[02:25.401]At seventeen
[02:29.141]To those of us who know the pain
[02:41.400]Of valentines that never came
[02:45.656]And those whose names were never called
[02:49.362]When choosing sides for basketball
[02:53.078]It was long ago and far away
[03:01.051]The world was younger than today
[03:05.317]And dreams were all they gave for free
[03:09.560]To ugly duckling girls like me
[03:13.267]We all play the game and when we dare
[03:21.232]To cheat ourselves at solitaire
[03:25.474]Inventing lovers on the phone
[03:28.721]Repenting other lives unknown
[03:32.949]That call and say, come dance with me
[03:37.205]And murmur vague obscenities
[03:40.913]At ugly girls like me
[03:44.141]At seventeen