The Steve Evans Trio《At Seventeen》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:11.93]I learned the truth at seventeen [00:17.13]That love was meant for beauty queens [00:21.78]And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles [00:26.21]Who married young and then retired [00:34.62]The valentines I never knew [00:39.52]The Friday night charades of youth [00:44.11]Were spent on one more beautiful [00:48.57]At seventeen I learned the truth [00:57.13]And those of us with ravaged faces [01:02.28]Lacking in the social graces [01:06.70]Desperately remained at home [01:10.53]Inventing lovers on the phone [01:15.01]Who called to say Come dance with me [01:20.05]And murmured vague obscenities [01:25.00]It isn't all it seems at seventeen [01:42.01]A brown-eyed girl in hand-me-downs [01:46.96]Whose name I never could pronounce [01:51.25]Said Pity please the ones who serve [01:55.91]They only get what they deserve [02:04.09]The rich relationed hometown queen [02:08.70]Marries into what she needs [02:13.48]With a guarantee of company [02:18.04]And haven for the elderly [02:26.26]Remember those who win the game [02:31.20]Lose the love they sought to gain [02:35.18]In debentures of quality and dubious integrity [02:43.55]Their small town eyes will gape at you [02:48.72]In dull surprise when payment due [02:53.23]Exceeds accounts received at seventeen [03:10.94]To those of us who knew the pain [03:15.52]Of valentines that never came [03:19.75]And those whose names were never called [03:24.35]When choosing sides for basketball [03:31.95]It was long ago and far away [03:37.60]The world was younger than today [03:42.11]When dreams were all they gave for free [03:46.57]To ugly duckling girls like me [03:54.22]We all play the game and when we dare [03:59.74]We cheat ourselves at solitaire [04:03.90]Inventing lovers on the phone [04:08.13]Repenting other lives unknown [04:12.53]They call and say Come dance with me [04:17.44]And murmur vague obscenities [04:21.94]At ugly girls like me at seventeen