Janis Ian《At Seventeen》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:00.73]I leaned the truth at seventeen [00:05.28]That love was meant for beauty queens [00:10.57]And high school girls with clear skinned smiles [00:14.73]Who married young and then retired [00:21.59]The valentines [00:23.92]I never knew [00:26.91]The Friday night charades of youth [00:31.27]Were spent on one more beautiful [00:35.57]At seventeen [00:36.40]I learned the truth [00:42.29]And those of us with ravaged faces [00:47.65]Lacking in the social graces [00:52.07]Desperately remained at home [00:55.03]Inventing lovers on the phone [00:59.08]Who called to say Come dance with me [01:04.67]And murmured vague obscenities [01:08.96]It isn't all it seems at seventeen [01:15.46]A brown eyed girl in hand me downs [01:20.41]Whose name [01:21.33]I never could pronounce [01:24.60]Said Pity please the ones who serve'Cause they only get what they deserve [01:34.94]And the rich relationed hometown queen [01:40.73]Marries into what she needs [01:43.38]With a guarantee of company [01:48.86]And haven for the elderly [01:55.27]So remember those who win the game [02:01.18]Lose the love they sought to gain [02:03.98]In debentures of quality and dubious integrity [02:11.16]Their small town eyes will gape at you [02:15.20]In dull surprise when payment due [02:20.53]Exceeds accounts received at seventeen [02:52.09]To those of us who knew the pain [03:26.22]Of valentines that never came [03:30.61]And those whose names were never called [03:34.63]When choosing sides for basketball [03:41.16]It was long ago and far away [03:46.62]The world was younger than today [03:51.24]When dreams were all they gave for free [03:55.31]To ugly duckling girls like me [04:01.45]We all play the game and when we dare [04:06.25]To cheat ourselves at solitaire [04:10.31]Inventing lovers on the phone [04:14.02]Repenting other lives unknown [04:17.88]They call and say Come on dance with me [04:22.78]And murmur vague obscenities [04:27.05]At ugly girls like me at seventeen