Karaoke Track: At Seventeen by Janis Ian (Monster Hits)

I learned ihe truth

At seventeen
Thai love was meant
For beauty queens

And high school girls with

Clear skinned smiles

Who ma rried young
And then retired

The Valentines
I never knew

The Friday night
Cha rades of you1h

Were spent on
One more beautiful

At seventeen
I learned the fruih

And those of us with
Ravaged faces

Lacking in the
Social graces

Desperately
Re ma ined of home

Inventing lovers

On the phone

Who called 10 say

Come dance with me

And murmured vog ue
Obscenities

It isn&#39;t all it seems

At seventeen

A brown eyed girl
In hand-me-downs

Whose name I never could
Pronounce

Said, Pity please

The ones who serve

They only get
What they deserve

And the rich relationed
Hometown queen

Ma rries info

What she needs

With a gun ronfee
Of compa ny

And haven for

The elderly

Remember 1hose
Who win the game

Lose the love
They sought to gain

In debentures of quality
And dubious integrity

Their small town eyes
Will gape of you

In dull surprise
When payment due

Exceeds accounts
Received of seventeen

(Instrumental Break)

To those of us

Who knew the pain
Of Valentines

That never co me

And those whose names
Were never called

When choosing sides

For basketball

It was long ago
And far away

The world was younger

Than today

And dreams were all
They gave for free

To ugly duckling girls
Like me

We all play the game
And when we dare

To cheat ourselves
At solitaire

Inventing lovers

On the phone

Repenting other lives
Unknown

Thai co and say
Come dance with me

And murmur vog ue
Obscenities

At ugly girls like me

At seventeen

Wrillen by Janis Ian.

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