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Janis Ian At Seventeen Lyrics:
I learned the truth at seventeen,
That love was meant for beauty queens.
In high school, girls with clear-skin smiles,
Who married young and then retired.

The valentines I never knew.
The Friday night charades of youth,
Were spent on one more beautiful.
At seventeen I learned the truth.

And those of us with ravaged faces,
Lacking in the social graces,
Desperately remained at home,
Inventing lovers on the phone.
Who called to say come dance with me.
And murmured 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."

And the rich-relationed, hometown queen,
Marries into what she needs.
With a guarantee of company,
And haven for the elderly.

Remember those who win the game,
Lose the love they sought to gain.
In debentures [3] of quality,
And dubious integrity.
The small-town eyes will gape at you,
In dull surprise, when payment due,
Exceeds accounts received.
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At seventeen.

[Instrumental break.]

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-duckling 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,
An' murmur vague obscenities,
At ugly girls like me,
At seventeen.


[AT SEVENTEEN]
[Written by: Janis Ian
Performed by: Janis Ian [1] -1975
Appears on: Between the Lines-1975 [2] , The Best of Janis Ian-1980, Up
'Til Now-1992, The Bottom Line Encore Colletion-1999, Souvenirs: Best
of Janis Ian (1972-1981)-2004, Ultimate Grammy Collection: Classic
Pop-2008, et al.]


[1] Covered by: Anita Kerr-1975, Phil Woods-1975, Barbara Caroll-1976,
John Klemmer-1980, Charlie Byrd-1990, Stars Unlimted Singers-1991,
Loretta Holloway-1996, Miki Howard-1997, Justus Köhncke-1999, Jodie
Brooke Wilson-2003, Ray Conniff-2005, Chantal Chamberland-2006, Jann
Arden-2007, et al.

[2] Transcribed from the track on this album.

[3] De*ben"ture, n. In general the term, in British usage, designates
any security issued by companies other than their shares (stock). In
the United States they are commonly called bonds. When used in the
United States debenture generally designates a loan secured by an asset,
such as a home. Here, Janis is using the term as a metaphor for debt.
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