At 17 - 马玉芬

[00:00.0]At 17 (十七岁) - 马玉芬
[00:08.48]I learned the truth at seventeen
[00:12.16]That love was meant for beauty queens
[00:16.53]And high school girls with clear-skinned smiles
[00:20.96]Who married young and then retired
[00:25.26]The valentines I never knew
[00:31.32]The Friday night charades of youth
[00:35.56]Were spent on one more beautify
[00:39.62]At seventeen I learned the truth
[00:46.29]And those of us with ravaged faces
[00:50.85]Lacking in the social graces
[00:54.4]Desp'rately remained at home
[00:57.83]Inventing lovers on the phone
[01:01.46]Ian Janis
[01:03.53]Who called to say Come dance with me
[01:07.27]And murmered vague obscenities
[01:10.14]It isn't all it seems at seventeen
[01:16.75]A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs
[01:20.43]Whose name I never could pronounce
[01:25.07]Said Pity please the ones who serve
[01:29.06]They only get what they deserve
[01:35.55]The rich relationed hometown queen
[01:39.55]Marries into what she needs
[01:42.92]A guarantee of company
[01:46.54]And haven for the elderly
[01:54.34]Remember those who win the game
[01:58.46]Lose the love they sought to gain
[02:01.89]In debentures of quality
[02:05.51]And dubious integrity
[02:09.69]In dull surprise when payment due
[02:17.86]Exceeds accounts received at seventeen
[02:33.20999]To those of us who knew the pain
[02:36.08]Of valentines that never came
[02:40.03]And those whose names were never called
[02:44.55]When choosing sides for basketball
[02:50.92]It was long ago and far away
[02:55.68]The world was younger than today
[02:59.48]And dreams were all they gave for free
[03:03.41]To ugly ducking girls like me
[03:09.47]We all play the game and when we dare
[03:13.71]To cheat ourselves at solitaire
[03:17.39]Inventing lovers on the phone
[03:21.09]Repenting other lives unknown
[03:25.05]That call and say Come dance with me
[03:30.23]And murmur vague obscenities
[03:33.98]At ugly girls like me at seventeen