Janis Ian - At Seventeen
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I
learned
the
truth
at
se
ven
teen
62
That
love
was
meant
for
beau
ty
queens,
128
And
high
school
girls
with
clear
skinned
smiles,
200
Who
mar
ried
young,
and
then
re
tired
262
The
va
len
tines
I
ne
ver
knew
384
The
Fri
day
nights
cha
rades
of
youth,
448
Were
spent
on
one
more
beau
ti
ful
518
At
se
ven
teen
I
learned
the
truth
584
And
those
of
us
with
ra
vaged
fa
ces,
716
Lack
ing
in
the
so
cial
gra
ces,
775
Des
pera
tely
re
mained
at
home,
830
In
ven
ting
lo
vers
on
the
’phone,
894
Who
called
to
say
’Come
dance
with
me’
958
And
mur
mured
vague
ob
scen
i
ties
1028
It’s
is
n’t
all
it
seems
at
se
ven
teen
1112
A
brown
eyed
girl
in
hand
me
downs,
1212
Whose
name
I
ne
ver
could
pro
nounce
1276
Said
’Pi
ty
please
the
ones
who
serve
1346
They
on
ly
get
what
they
de
serve’
1400
The
rich
re
la
tioned
home
town
queen,
1528
Mar
ries
in
to
what
she
needs
1585
With
a
gua
ran
tee
of
com
pa
ny,
1649
And
ha
ven
for
the
el
der
ly
1712
Re
mem
ber
those
who
win
the
game,
1838
Lose
the
love
they
sought
to
gain,
1900
In
de
ben
tures
of
qua
li
ty,
1962
And
du
bi
ous
in
te
gri
ty
2024
Their
small
town
eyes
will
gape
at
you,
2087
In
dull
sur
prise
when
pay
ment
due,
2160
Ex
ceeds
ac
counts
re
ceived
at
se
ven
teen
2236
To
those
of
us
who
knew
the
pain,
3204
Of
va
len
tines
that
ne
ver
came,
3264
And
those
whose
names
were
ne
ver
called,
3332
When
choo
sing
sides
for
bas
ket
ball
3398
It
was
long
a
go,
and
far
a
way
3516
The
world
was
youn
ger
than
to
day,
3586
And
dreams
were
all
they
gave
for
free,
3648
To
u
gly
du
ckling
girls
like
me
3726
We
all
play
the
game,
and
when
we
dare,
3826
To
cheat
our
selves
at
so
li
taire
3886
In
ven
ting
lo
vers
on
the
’phone
3950
Re
pen
ting
o
ther
lives
un
known,
4012
That
call
and
say
’Come
dance
with
me’
4070
And
mur
mer
vague
ob
scen
i
ties,
4136
At
u
gly
girls
like
me,
at
se
ven
teen