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And those of us with ravaged faces |
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Lacking in the social graces |
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Desperately remained at home |
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Inventing lovers on the phone |
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Who called to say "come dance with me" |
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And murmured vague obscenities |
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It isn't all it seems at seventeen |
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I learned the truth at seventeen |
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That love was meant for beauty queens |
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And high school girls with clear skinned smiles |
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Who married young and then retired |
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The valentines I never knew |
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The Friday night charades of youth |
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Were spent on one more beautiful |
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At seventeen I learned the truth |
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A brown eyed girl in hand me downs |
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Whose name I never could pronounce |
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Said: "Pity please the ones who serve |
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They only get what they deserve" |
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The rich relationed hometown queen |
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Marries into what she needs |
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With a guarantee of company |
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And haven for the elderly |
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So remember those who win the game |
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Lose the love they sought to gain |
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In debitures of quality and dubious integrity |
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Their small-town eyes will gape at you |
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In dull surprise when payment due |
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Exceeds accounts received at seventeen |
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To those of us who knew the pain |
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Of valentines that never came |
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And those whose names were never called |
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When choosing sides for basketball |
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It was long ago and far away |
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the world was younger than today |
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when dreams were all they gave for free |
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to ugly duckling girls like me |
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We all play the game, and when we dare |
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We cheat ourselves at solitaire |
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Repenting other lives unknown |
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That call and say: "Come on, dance with me" |
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And murmur vague obscenities |
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At ugly girls like me,at seventeen |