At Seventeen-Julia Sawalha

[ti:At Seventeen (Live)] [ar:Julia Sawalha] [al:Absolutely Fabulous (The Original Motion Picture Soundtrack)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.47]At Seventeen (Live) (《荒唐阿姨大电影》电影插曲) - Julia Sawalha [00:02.21]Written by：Janis Ian [00:03.29] [00:07.49]I learned the truth at seventeen [00:11.15]That love was meant for beauty queens [00:15.44]And high school girls with clear skinned smiles [00:19.44]Who married young and then retired [00:22.88] [00:26.53]The valentines I never knew [00:30.28]The friday night charades of youth [00:33.91] [00:34.68]Were spent on one more beautiful [00:38.03] [00:38.80]At seventeen I learned [00:41.79]The truth [00:43.07] [00:45.64]And those of us with ravaged faces [00:50.25]Lacking in the social graces [00:53.54]Desperately remained at home [00:57.05]Inventing lovers on the phone [01:00.86]Who called to say come dance with me [01:04.49] [01:05.42]And murmured vague obscenities [01:08.84] [01:09.37]It isn't all it seems [01:12.17]At seventeen [01:13.85] [01:16.31]Those of us who knew the pain [01:19.83]Of valentines that never came [01:23.50] [01:24.07]And those whose names were never called [01:27.61]When choosing sides for basketball [01:31.73] [01:35.05]Was long ago and far away [01:38.79]The world was younger than today [01:42.60] [01:43.38]When dreams were all they gave for free [01:47.33]To ugly duckling girls like me [01:52.55] [01:53.79]We all play the game and when we dare [01:57.97]We cheat ourselves at solitaire [02:02.02]Inventing lovers on the phone [02:05.64]Repenting other lives unknown [02:09.36]That call and say come on dance with me [02:13.25] [02:14.01]Murmur vague obscenities [02:17.02] [02:18.02]At ugly girls like me [02:20.48] [02:21.74]At seventeen