[ar:Julia Sawalha]
[ti:At Seventeen]
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[00:00.10]Julia Sawalha - At Seventeen(Live)
[00:08.46]I learned the truth at seventeen
[00:12.06]That love was meant for beauty queens
[00:15.75]And high school girls with clear skinned smiles
[00:19.63]Who married young and then retired
[00:26.95]The valentines i never knew
[00:30.75]The friday night charades of youth
[00:34.92]Were spent on one more beautiful
[00:39.42]At seventeen i learned the truth
[00:46.03]And those of us with ravaged faces
[00:50.08]Lacking in the social graces
[00:53.42]Desperately remained at home
[00:57.17]Inventing lovers on the phone
[01:00.65]Who called to say come dance with me
[01:06.04]And murmur vague obscenities
[01:09.77]It isn't all it seems at seventeen
[01:16.73]To those of us who knew the pain
[01:19.96]Of valentines that never came
[01:23.89]And those whose names were never called
[01:27.63]When choosing sides for basketball
[01:35.56]It was long ago and far away
[01:39.49]The world was younger than today
[01:43.27]And dreams were all they gave for free
[01:47.72]To ugly duckling girls like me
[01:53.94]We all play the game and when we dare
[01:58.13]To cheat ourselves at solitaire
[02:01.97]Inventing lovers on the phone
[02:05.75]Repenting other lives unknown
[02:09.59]That call and say come dance with me
[02:13.47]And murmur vague obscenities
[02:18.13]At ugly girls like me at seventeen