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Current version of DHT Lyrics At Seventeen (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/d/dht/at/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of DHT Lyrics At Seventeen (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/d/dht/at/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | ||||||||||||
| I learned the truth at seventeen | I learned the truth at seventeen | ||||||||||||
| That love was meant for beauty queens | That love was meant for beauty queens | ||||||||||||
| And high school girls with clear skinned smiles | And high school girls with clear skinned smiles | ||||||||||||
| Who married young and then retired | Who married young and then retired | ||||||||||||
| 1 | The valentines I never knew | 1 | |||||||||||
| 1 | The valentine's I never knew | 1 | |||||||||||
| The Friday night charades of youth | The Friday night charades of youth | ||||||||||||
| Were spent on one more beautiful | Were spent on one more beautiful | ||||||||||||
| At seventeen I learned the truth | At seventeen I learned the truth | ||||||||||||
| 2 | 2 | ||||||||||||
| And those of us with ravaged faces | And those of us with ravaged faces | ||||||||||||
| Lacking in the social graces | Lacking in the social graces | ||||||||||||
| Desperately remained at home | Desperately remained at home | ||||||||||||
| Inventing lovers on the phone | Inventing lovers on the phone | ||||||||||||
| 2 | Who called to say - come dance with me | 2 | |||||||||||
| 3 | Who called to say | 3 | |||||||||||
| 4 | Come dance with me | 4 | |||||||||||
| And murmured vague obscenities | And murmured vague obscenities | ||||||||||||
| It isn't all it seems at seventeen | It isn't all it seems at seventeen | ||||||||||||
| 5 | 5 | ||||||||||||
| A brown eyed girl in hand me downs | A brown eyed girl in hand me downs | ||||||||||||
| Whose name I never could pronounce | Whose name I never could pronounce | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Said, "Pity please the one's who serve | Said-pity please the ones who serve | 3 | ||||||||||
| 4 | They only get what they deserve" | They only get what they deserve | 4 | ||||||||||
| 6 | 6 | ||||||||||||
| The rich relationed hometown queen | The rich relationed hometown queen | ||||||||||||
| Marries into what she needs | Marries into what she needs | ||||||||||||
| With a guarantee of company | With a guarantee of company | ||||||||||||
| And haven for the elderly | And haven for the elderly | ||||||||||||
| 7 | 7 | ||||||||||||
| Remember those who win the game | Remember those who win the game | ||||||||||||
| Lose the love they sought to gain | Lose the love they sought to gain | ||||||||||||
| 5 | In debentures of quality | In debentures of quality and dubious integrity | 5 | ||||||||||
| 8 | And dubious integrity | 8 | |||||||||||
| 9 | 9 | ||||||||||||
| Their small town eyes will gape at you | Their small town eyes will gape at you | ||||||||||||
| In dull surprise when payment due | In dull surprise when payment due | ||||||||||||
| Exceeds accounts received at seventeen | Exceeds accounts received at seventeen | ||||||||||||
| 10 | 10 | ||||||||||||
| To those of us who knew the pain | To those of us who knew the pain | ||||||||||||
| Of valentines that never came | Of valentines that never came | ||||||||||||
| And those whose names were never called | And those whose names were never called | ||||||||||||
| When choosing sides for basketball | When choosing sides for basketball | ||||||||||||
| 11 | 11 | ||||||||||||
| It was long ago and far away | It was long ago and far away | ||||||||||||
| The world was younger than today | The world was younger than today | ||||||||||||
| When dreams were all they gave for free | When dreams were all they gave for free | ||||||||||||
| To ugly duckling girls like me | To ugly duckling girls like me | ||||||||||||
| 6 | We all play the game, and when we dare | 6 | |||||||||||
| 12 | We all play the game and when we dare | 12 | |||||||||||
| To cheat ourselves at solitaire | To cheat ourselves at solitaire | ||||||||||||
| Inventing lovers on the phone | Inventing lovers on the phone | ||||||||||||
| Repenting other lives unknown | Repenting other lives unknown | ||||||||||||
| 7 | Who call and say - come dance with me | 7 | |||||||||||
| 8 | Who call and say, come dance with me | And murmur vague obsceneties | 8 | ||||||||||
| 9 | And murmur vague obscenities | To ugly girls like me, at seventeen. | 9 | ||||||||||
| 13 | To ugly girls like me at seventeen | 13 | |||||||||||
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