Tara Maclean - At Seventeen lyrics

I learned the truth at seventeen Love was meant for beauty queens And high school girls with clear skin smiles Who married young and then retired The valentines are never new The friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen i learned the truth Those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who call to say come dance with me And murmur vague obscenities It isn't all it seems At seventeen A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Who's name i never could pronounce Said pretty please to the ones who serve They only get what they deserve And the rich relation hometown queen She marries into what she needs With a guarantee of company And a haven for the elderly Remember those who win the game Lose the love they saw to gain Indebentures of quality And dubious integrity The small town eyes will gape at you And act surprised when payment due Exceeds accounts received At seventeen To those of us who know the pain A valentines that never came And those who's names where 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 play the game when we dare To cheat ourselves that's all a tear Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown That call and say come dance with me And they murmur vague obscenities Ugly girls like me At seventeen