[00:00.000] 作词 : Janis Ian[00:01.000] 作曲 : Janis Ian[00:11.630]I learned the truth at seventeen[00:15.670]That love was meant for beauty queens[00:19.930]And high school girls with clear skinned smiles[00:25.600]Who married young and then retired[00:31.350]The valentines I never knew[00:35.598]The Friday night charades of youth[00:40.880]Were spent on one more beautiful[00:44.338]At seventeen I learned the truth[00:47.189][00:51.148]And those of us with ravaged faces[00:56.580]Lacking in the social graces[00:59.598]Desperately remained at home[01:03.128]Inventing lovers on the phone[01:06.978]Who called to say, "come dance with me"[01:12.880]And murmur vague obscenities[01:15.798]It isn't all it seems at seventeen[01:19.798][01:22.529]A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs[01:27.160]Whose name I never could pronounce said[01:30.999]Pity, please, the ones who serve[01:35.138]They only get what they deserve[01:41.678]The rich-relationed home-town queen[01:46.128]Marries into what she needs[01:49.559]With a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly[01:56.577][02:00.818]Remember those who win the game[02:05.348]Lose the love they sought to gain[02:09.490]In debentures of quality[02:12.988]And dubious integrity[02:16.510]Their small town eyes will gape at you in[02:20.340]Dull surprise when payment due[02:25.180]Exceeds accounts received at seventeen[02:29.370][03:24.800]To those of us who knew the pain[03:29.300]Of valentines that never came[03:33.320]And those whose names were never called[03:37.360]When choosing sides for basketball[03:44.900]It was long ago and far away[03:48.620]The world was younger than today[03:53.200]And dreams were all they gave for free[03:56.920]To ugly duckling girls like me[04:00.800][04:03.0]We all play the game and when we dare[04:07.320]To cheat ourselves at solitaire[04:11.900]Inventing lovers on the phone[04:14.670]Repenting other lives unknown[04:18.620]That call and say, "come dance with me"[04:23.990]And murmur vague obscenities[04:27.510]At ugly girls like me, at seventeen