[00:00.000] 作词 : Janis Ian
[00:00.560] 作曲 : Janis Ian
[00:01.120]Written by：Janis Ian
[00:07.764]I learned the truth at seventeen
[00:11.908]That love was meant for beauty queens
[00:16.484]And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
[00:20.788]Who married young and then retired
[00:27.390]The Valentines I never knew
[00:31.619]The Friday night charades of youth
[00:36.195]Were spent on one more beautiful
[00:39.986]At seventeen I learned the truth
[00:47.157]And those of us with ravaged faces
[00:51.973]Lacking in the social graces
[00:55.397]Desperately remained at home
[00:58.918]Inventing lovers on the phone
[01:02.864]Who called to say come dance with me
[01:07.653]And murmured vague obscenities
[01:11.463]It isn't all it seems
[01:14.535]At seventeen
[01:18.422]A brown eyed girl in hand me downs
[01:22.901]Whose name I never could pronounce
[01:26.837]Said Pity please the ones who serve
[01:30.838]They only get what they deserve
[01:37.289]The rich relationed hometown queen
[01:41.613]Married into what she needs
[01:44.759]A guarantee of company
[01:49.14]And haven for the elderly
[01:56.601]Remember those who win the game
[02:00.808]Lose the love they sought to gain
[02:04.440]Indebentures of quality
[02:08.55]And dubious integrity
[02:12.39]Their small town eyes will gape at you
[02:15.815]In dull surprise when payment due
[02:20.730]Exceeds accounts received
[02:23.578]At seventeen
[03:20.96]To those of us who know the pain
[03:24.160]Of valentines that never came
[03:28.769]And those whose names were never called
[03:32.769]When choosing sides for basketball
[03:39.63]It was long ago and far away
[03:44.24]The world was younger than today
[03:48.07]And dreams were all they gave for free
[03:51.706]To ugly duckling girls like me
[03:57.948]We all play the game and when we dare
[04:02.268]To cheat ourselves at solitaire
[04:06.317]Inventing lovers on the phone
[04:10.30]Repenting other lives unknown
[04:13.533]That call and say come dance with me
[04:18.157]And murmur vague obscenities
[04:22.205]At ugly girls like me
[04:25.36]At seventeen