At 17 Lyrics

Song	At 17
Artist	马玉芬
Album	青春不定
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	I learned the truth at seventeen
	That love was meant for beauty queens
	And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles
	Who married young and then retired
	The valentines I never knew
	The Friday night charades of youth
	Were spent on one more beautify
	At seventeen I learned the truth
	And those of us with ravaged faces
	Lacking in the social graces
	Desp'rately remained at home
	Inventing lovers on the phone
	Ian Janis
	Who called to say "Come dance with me"
	And murmered vague obscenities
	It isn'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.
	The rich relationed hometown queen
	Marries into what she needs
	A guarantee of company
	And haven for the elderly"
	Remember those who win the game
	Lose the love they sought to gain
	In debentures of quality
	And dubious integrity
	In dull surprise when payment due
	Exceeds accounts received at seventeen
	To those of us who knew the pain
	Of valentines that never came
	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 ducking 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
	That call and say, "Come dance with me"
	And murmur vague obscenities
	At ugly girls like me at seventeen

	I learned the truth at seventeen
	That love was meant for beauty queens
	And high school girls with clearskinned smiles
	Who married young and then retired
	The valentines I never knew
	The Friday night charades of youth
	Were spent on one more beautify
	At seventeen I learned the truth
	And those of us with ravaged faces
	Lacking in the social graces
	Desp' rately remained at home
	Inventing lovers on the phone
	Ian Janis
	Who called to say " Come dance with me"
	And murmered vague obscenities
	It isn' t all it seems at seventeen
	A brown eyed girl in handmedowns
	Whose name I never could pronounce
	Said, " Pity, please, the ones who serve
	They only get what they deserve.
	The rich relationed hometown queen
	Marries into what she needs
	A guarantee of company
	And haven for the elderly"
	Remember those who win the game
	Lose the love they sought to gain
	In debentures of quality
	And dubious integrity
	In dull surprise when payment due
	Exceeds accounts received at seventeen
	To those of us who knew the pain
	Of valentines that never came
	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 ducking 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
	That call and say, " Come dance with me"
	And murmur vague obscenities
	At ugly girls like me at seventeen

	I learned the truth at seventeen
	That love was meant for beauty queens
	And high school girls with clearskinned smiles
	Who married young and then retired
	The valentines I never knew
	The Friday night charades of youth
	Were spent on one more beautify
	At seventeen I learned the truth
	And those of us with ravaged faces
	Lacking in the social graces
	Desp' rately remained at home
	Inventing lovers on the phone
	Ian Janis
	Who called to say " Come dance with me"
	And murmered vague obscenities
	It isn' t all it seems at seventeen
	A brown eyed girl in handmedowns
	Whose name I never could pronounce
	Said, " Pity, please, the ones who serve
	They only get what they deserve.
	The rich relationed hometown queen
	Marries into what she needs
	A guarantee of company
	And haven for the elderly"
	Remember those who win the game
	Lose the love they sought to gain
	In debentures of quality
	And dubious integrity
	In dull surprise when payment due
	Exceeds accounts received at seventeen
	To those of us who knew the pain
	Of valentines that never came
	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 ducking 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
	That call and say, " Come dance with me"
	And murmur vague obscenities
	At ugly girls like me at seventeen

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