Luyện nghe bài hát At Seventeen

I learned the truth at
That love was meant for beauty
And high school girls with clear-skinned
Who married and then retired

The valentines I knew
The Friday night charades of
Were on one more beautiful
At seventeen I learned the

And those of us with ravaged
Lacking in the graces
remained at home
Inventing on the phone

Who called to say, "Come dance me"
And murmured obscenities
It all it seems at seventeen

A brown-eyed in hand-me-downs
Whose I never could pronounce
Said, "Pity, please, the ones who
they only get what they deserve"

And the relationed hometown queen
Marries what she needs
a guarantee of company
And haven for the

So remember those who win the
the love they sought to gain
In debentures of quality and integrity

small town eyes will gape at you
In dull when payment due
Exceeds received at seventeen

To those of us who the pain
Of valentines never came
And those names were never called
When choosing sides for

It was long ago and far
The world was than today
When dreams were all they for free
To ugly duckling like me

We all play the game and when we
To cheat at solitaire
lovers on the phone
Repenting other lives

They call and say, "Come dance me"
And murmur obscenities
At ugly girls me at seventeen