[ti:At Seventeen] [ar:Céline Dion] [al:Loved Me Back to Life] [by:lrc.d4321.com]
[00:07.370] i learned the truth at seventeen [00:12.810] that love was meant for beauty queens [00:16.500] and high school girls with clear siknned smiles [00:21.730] who married young and then retired [00:27.030] the valentines i never knew [00:33.570] the friday night charades of youth [00:37.860] were spent on one more beautiful [00:42.740] at seventeen i learned the truth [00:49.020] and those of us with ravaged faces [00:54.950] lacking in the social graces [00:58.830] desperately remained at home [01:02.560] inventing lovers on the phone [01:06.800] who called to say come dance with me [01:11.560] and murmured vague obscenities [01:16.010] it isn't all it seems at seventeen [01:22.780] a brown-eyed girl in hand me downs [01:28.010] whose name i never could pronounce [01:32.890] said pity please the ones who serve, [01:37.180] they only get what they deserve [01:42.320] and the rich relationed home town queen [01:49.190] marries into what she needs [01:53.070] with a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly [02:04.490] remember those who with the game [02:10.010] lose the love they sought to gain [02:14.040] in debentures of quality and dubious integrity [02:22.520] the small town eyes would gape at you in dull surprise [02:30.100] when payment due exceeds accounts received at seventeen [02:53.810] to those of us who knew the pain [03:00.230] of valentines that never came [03:04.620] and those whose names were never called [03:08.910] when choosing sides for basketball [03:13.490] it was long ago and far away [03:21.100] the world was younger than today [03:25.690] and dreams were all they gave for free [03:30.280] to ugly duckling girls like me [03:36.920] we all played the game and when we dared [03:42.210] to cheat ourselves at solitaire [03:46.340] inverting lovers on the phone [03:50.320] repenting other lives unknown [03:54.620] they call and say come dance with me [03:59.350] and murmur vague obscenities [04:03.780] at ugly girls like me--at seventeen