Sitti Navarro - At 17 lyrics

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I learned the truth at seventeen<br />

That love was meant for beauty queens<br />

And high school girls with clear skinned smiles <br />

Who married young and then retired<br />

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The valentines I never knew, <br />

The friday nights, <br />

Charades of youth<br />

Were spent on those more beautiful <br />

At seventeen I learned the truth<br />

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And those of us with ravaged faces, <br />

Lacking in the social graces<br />

Desperately remained at home inventing lovers on the phone<br />

Who called and say "come dance with me" and murmured vague obscenities<br />

It isn't all it seems at seventeen<br />

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A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs, <br />

Whose name I never could pronounce <br />

Said"Pity, please, the ones who serve, <br />

They only get what they deserve.<br />

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The rich relationed home-town queen <br />

Marries into what she needs<br />

With a guarantee of company <br />

And haven for the elderly"<br />

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Remember those who win the game, <br />

Lose the love they sought to gain<br />

In debentures of quality and dubious integrity<br />

Their small town eyes will gape at you <br />

In dull surprise when payment due<br />

Exceeds accounts received at seventeen<br />

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To those of us who know the pain <br />

Of valentines that never came, <br />

And those whose name were never called <br />

When choosing sides for basketball<br />

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It was long ago and far away<br />

The world was younger than today<br />

And dreams were all they gave for free <br />

To ugly duckling girls like me<br />

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We all play the game <br />

And when we dare to cheat ourselves at solitaire<br />

Inventing lovers on the phone, <br />

Repenting other lives unknown<br />

That call and say "Come dance with me", <br />

And murmur vague obscenities<br />

At ugly girls like me, <br />

At seventeen<br />

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