At Seventeen

歌曲 At Seventeen
歌手 Janis Ian
专辑 Acoustic Songbook

歌词

[00:08.93] I learned the truth at seventeen
[00:12.97] That love was meant for beauty queens
[00:17.23] And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
[00:22.09] Who married young and then retired
[00:28.65] The valentines I never knew
[00:32.90] The Friday night charades of youth
[00:37.39] Were spent on one more beautiful
[00:41.64] At seventeen I learned the truth
[00:43.06]
[00:48.45] And those of us with ravaged faces
[00:53.36] Lacking in the social graces
[00:56.90] Desperately remained at home
[01:00.43] Inventing lovers on the phone
[01:04.28] Who called to say, "come dance with me"
[01:09.04] And murmur vague obscenities
[01:13.10] It isn't all it seems at seventeen
[01:17.10]
[01:19.83] A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs
[01:24.46] Whose name I never could pronounce said
[01:28.30] Pity, please, the ones who serve
[01:32.44] They only get what they deserve
[01:38.98] The rich-relationed home-town queen
[01:43.43] Marries into what she needs
[01:46.86] With a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly
[01:53.88]
[01:58.12] Remember those who win the game
[02:02.65] Lose the love they sought to gain
[02:06.35] In debentures of quality
[02:10.29] And dubious integrity
[02:13.81] Their small town eyes will gape at you in
[02:17.64] Dull surprise when payment due
[02:22.48] Exceeds accounts received at seventeen
[02:26.67]
[03:22.10] To those of us who knew the pain
[03:26.06] Of valentines that never came
[03:30.62] And those whose names were never called
[03:34.66] When choosing sides for basketball
[03:41.39] It was long ago and far away
[03:45.92] The world was younger than today
[03:50.05] And dreams were all they gave for free
[03:54.22] To ugly duckling girls like me
[03:58.10]
[04:00.03] We all play the game and when we dare
[04:04.62] To cheat ourselves at solitaire
[04:08.57] Inventing lovers on the phone
[04:11.97] Repenting other lives unknown
[04:15.92] That call and say, "come dance with me"
[04:20.58] And murmur vague obscenities
[04:24.81] At ugly girls like me, at seventeen

歌词大意

[00:08.93] shí qī suì shí wǒ dǒng le
[00:12.97] ài shì shǔ yú xuǎn měi huáng hòu de
[00:17.23] hái shǔ yú gāo zhōng nèi xiē miàn róng jiāo hǎo de nǚ hái zi
[00:22.09] tā men zuì hòu zǎo zǎo jié hūn shēng zǐ tuì xiū shēng huó
[00:28.65] nèi xiē yǔ wǒ wú yuán de qíng rén jié
[00:32.90] nèi xiē zhōu wǔ wǎn de zì mí yóu xì
[00:37.39] dōu shì shǔ yú měi lì nǚ rén de
[00:41.64] shí qī suì shí wǒ dǒng le
[00:48.45] wǒ men zhèi xiē xiàng mào píng yōng de rén
[00:53.36] duì shè jiāo yī wú suǒ zhī
[00:56.90] zhǐ néng jué wàng dì shǒu zài jiā lǐ
[01:00.43] hé xū nǐ qíng rén dǎ diàn huà
[01:04.28] tā shuō," lái yì qǐ tiào wǔ ba"
[01:09.04] rán hòu qīng shēng zài wǒ ěr biān tiáo qíng
[01:13.10] zhè bú shì xiǎng xiàng zhōng shí qī suì de yàng zi
[01:19.83] yí gè zōng sè yǎn jīng de nǚ hái chuān zhe lián jià de yī fú
[01:24.46] lián míng zì wǒ dōu jiào bù chū
[01:28.30] tā shuō, qǐng tóng qíng nèi xiē bēi wēi de rén
[01:32.44] tā men zhǐ de dào le yīng de de
[01:38.98] nà gè fù háo shēn biān de měi lì nǚ rén
[01:43.43] jià gěi le tā de xū qiú
[01:46.86] wù zhì dì fù zú hé wǎn nián de bǎo zhàng
[01:58.12] jì zhù nèi xiē yíng de yóu xì de rén
[02:02.65] què shū le tā men suǒ kě wàng de ài
[02:06.35] zhǐ huò dé le wù zhì cái fù
[02:10.29] hé lìng rén huái yí de zhōng zhēn
[02:13.81] tā men yǎn guāng duǎn qiǎn wàng zhe nǐ
[02:17.64] yǎn lǐ de jīng yì yī shǎn ér guò
[02:22.48] jiù zài shí qī suì nà nián
[03:22.10] gěi nèi xiē hé wǒ yí yàng
[03:26.06] yǔ qíng rén jié wú yuán de nǚ hái
[03:30.62] hé nèi xiē zhēn xuǎn lán qiú yùn dòng yuán shí
[03:34.66] yǒng yuǎn bú huì bèi xuǎn zhòng de rén
[03:41.39] yǐ jīng shì hěn jiǔ yuǎn de shì le
[03:45.92] nà shí de shì jiè hái nián qīng
[03:50.05] zuò mèng shì miǎn fèi de xiāo qiǎn
[03:54.22] gěi nèi xiē hé wǒ yí yàng de chǒu xiǎo yā
[04:00.03] wǒ men dōu zài yóu xì dāng zhōng
[04:04.62] wǒ men gǎn zài gū dú zhōng zì qī qī rén
[04:08.57] jiǎ zhuāng diàn huà nà duān yǒu gè qíng rén
[04:11.97] chàn huǐ xū nǐ de rén shēng
[04:15.92] qíng rén dǎ lái diàn huà shuō," lái hé wǒ tiào wǔ"
[04:20.58] bìng dī shēng shuō zhe tián yán mì yǔ
[04:24.81] duì zhe hé wǒ yí yàng píng yōng de nǚ hái, shí qī suì shí