🎵 Luyện Nghe Bài Hát: At Seventeen - Janis Ian

 I learned the truth  seventeen
  love was meant for beauty queens
 In high school girls  clear skinned smiles
 Who married young and  retired
 The valentines I  knew
 The Friday night charades of 
 Were spent on one more 
 At seventeen I  the truth
 And those of us  ravaged faces
 Lacking in the  graces
  remained at home
  lovers on the phone
 Who called to  come dance with me
  murmured vague obscenities
 It isn't all  seems
 At seventeen
 
 A brown eyed girl in  me downs
 Whose name I  could pronounce
 Said,  please the ones who serve
 They only  what they deserve
  the rich relationed hometown queen
 Married  what she needs
 A guarantee  company
 And  for the elderly
 Remember  who win the game
 Lose the love they sought  gain
 Indebentures  quality
  dubious integrity
 Their  town eyes will gape at you
 in dull surprise when  due
  accounts received
 At seventeen
 
 To those of us who knew  pain
 Of valentines  never came
 And those whose  were never called
 When choosing  for basketball
 It was long ago  far away
 The world was younger than 
 And dreams were all they gave for 
  ugly duckling girls like me
 We all play the game and when we 
 To cheat ourselves  solitaire
  lovers on the phone
 Repenting  lives unknown
 That call and say, come dance  me
 And  vague obscenities
 At ugly girls  me
 At seventeen