At 17
I learned the truth at seventeen
- 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
Let's listen to my solo!
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I keep on coming back to this cover
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It's supposed to be an unwinding song yet now merely a regretful memory
Nice singing! Love it 💖💖💖💋🌷🌹
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