作曲 : Janis Ian
 作词 : Janis Ian
at  seventeen
一峰至爱Janis  Ian
i  learned  the  truth  at  seventeen
that  love  was  meant  for  beauty  queens
and  high  school  girls  with  clear  siknned  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  home  town  queen
marries  into  what  she  needs
with  a  guarantee  of  company  and  haven  for  the  elderly
remember  those  who  with  the  game
lose  the  love  they  sought  to  gain
in  debentures  of  quality  and  dubious  integrity
the  small  town  eyes  would  gape  at  you  in  dull  surprise
when  payment  due  exceeds  accounts  received  at  seventeen
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  played  the  game  and  when  we  dared
to  cheat  ourselves  at  solitaire
inverting  lovers  on  the  phone
repenting  other  lives  unknown
they  call  and  say "come  dance  with  me"
and  murmur  vague  obscenities
at  ugly  girls  like  me--at  seventeen