🎵 Luyện Nghe Bài Hát: At Seventeen - Janis Ian

 I learned the truth at 
 That love was meant for beauty 
 In high school girls  clear skinned smiles
 Who married  and then retired
 The valentines I never 
 The Friday night charades of 
  spent on one more beautiful
 At seventeen I learned the 
 And those of  with ravaged faces
 Lacking  the social graces
  remained at home
 Inventing  on the phone
 Who called to say come  with me
 And murmured  obscenities
  isn't all it seems
 At seventeen
 
 A brown  girl in hand me downs
 Whose name I  could pronounce
 Said, Pity please the ones who 
 They only get what  deserve
 And the rich  hometown queen
 Married into what she 
  guarantee of company
  haven for the elderly
 Remember those who win  game
 Lose the love they sought  gain
 Indebentures of 
  dubious integrity
 Their small town eyes will  at you
 in dull surprise when  due
 Exceeds  received
 At seventeen
 
 To those of us who knew the 
 Of  that never came
 And those whose names were never 
 When choosing sides for 
 It was long ago and far 
 The world was  than today
 And dreams were all  gave for free
 To ugly duckling girls like 
 We  play the game and when we dare
 To cheat ourselves  solitaire
 Inventing lovers  the phone
 Repenting  lives unknown
 That call and  come dance with me
 And murmur  obscenities
 At ugly girls like 
 At seventeen