《At Seventeen》歌词

[00:00:01] I learned the truth at seventeen

[00:00:04] That love was meant 4 beauty queens

[00:00:08] And high school girls with clear skinned smiles

[00:00:12] Who married young and then retired

[00:00:19] The valentines I never knew

[00:00:23] The friday night charades of youth

[00:00:26] Were spent on one more beautiful

[00:00:30] At seventeen i learned the truth

[00:00:37] And those of us with ravaged faces

[00:00:41] Lacking in social graces

[00:00:45] Desperately remained at home

[00:00:48] Inventing lovers on the phone

[00:00:52] Who called to say come dance with me

[00:00:56] And murmured vague obscenities

[00:01:01] It isn’t all it seems at seventeen

[00:01:15] A brown eyed girl in hand me downs

[00:01:18] Whose name I could never pronounce

[00:01:22] Said - pity please the ones who serve

[00:01:26] They only get what they deserve

[00:01:29] The rich relationed hometown queen

[00:01:33] Marries into what she needs

[00:01:36] With a guarantee of company

[00:01:40] And haven for the elderly

[00:01:47] Remember those who win the game

[00:01:51] Lose the love they sought to gain

[00:01:55] In debentures of quality and dubious integrity

[00:02:02] Their small town eyes will gape at you

[00:02:06] In dull surprise when payment due

[00:02:11] Exceeds account received at seventeen

[00:02:36] To those of us who knew the pain

[00:02:39] Of valentines that never came

[00:02:43] And those whose names were never called

[00:02:47] When choosing sides for basketball

[00:02:51] It was long ago and far away

[00:02:54] The world was younger than today

[00:02:58] When dreams were all they gave for free

[00:03:02] To ugly duckling girls like me

[00:03:08] We all play the game and when we dare

[00:03:13] To cheat ourselves at solitaire

[00:03:16] Inventing lovers on the phone

[00:03:20] Repenting other lives unknown

[00:03:24] Who call and say - come dance with me

[00:03:27] And murmur vague obscenities

[00:03:32] To ugly girls like me, at seventeen