介绍:
I learned the truth at seventeen，
我了解十七岁的真谛，That love was meant for beauty queens，
爱是给选美皇后的，
And high school girls with clear skinned smiles，
面容娇好的高中女生带着笑，Who married young and then retired，
她们早早结婚成了家庭主妇，The valentines I never knew，
我没法得知的情人节，The Friday night charades of youth，
周五夜晚年轻人的你演我猜，Were spent on one more beautiful，
大家总选最漂亮的那一个，At seventeen I learned the truth，
我了解十七岁的真谛，And those of us with ravaged faces，
我们这些长的抱歉的人，
Lacking in the social graces，
缺少社交魔力，
Desperately remained at home，
只能绝望的留在家里，
Inventing lovers on the phone，
在电话中虚构一些情人，Who called to say, "come dance with me"，
将会说，“跟我来跳舞”，And murmur vague obscenities，
含糊地嘟囔着，
It isn't all it seems at seventeen，
那些一点也不像十七的话，A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs，
棕色眼睛的穿着别人旧衣服的女孩，Whose name I never could pronounce said，
那个我永远也发不清音的名字，Pity, please, the ones who serve，
同情，请求，那些个要服刑的，They only get what they deserve，
他们只是罪有应得，The rich-relationed home-town queen，
跟富豪关系良好的家乡女王，Marries into what she needs，
如愿嫁了她之所需，With a guarantee of company and haven for the elderly，
得到陪伴（公司）的保障，老时的避风港，Remember those who win the game，
记住那些赢家，
Lose the love they sought to gain，
失去了他们设法追求的爱，
In debentures of quality，
在优质的信用债券，
And dubious integrity，
和值得怀疑的忠诚中，Their small town eyes will gape at you in，
他们的市侩的眼睛盯着你，Dull surprise when payment due，
迟来的惊讶当应缴的账款，Exceeds accounts received at seventeen，
超过所得的钱款，在十七岁，To those of us who knew the pain，
对我们这些知道，
Of valentines that never came，
从未到来情人节的痛苦的人，And those whose names were never called，
和那些从未被喊过名字，When choosing sides for basketball，
当篮球比赛给选到一边的人，It was long ago and far away，
那是很久远的往事，
The world was younger than today，
世界比现在年轻，And dreams were all they gave for free，
而梦想是他们免费给予的全部，To ugly duckling girls like me，
对像我这种丑小鸭一样的女孩来说，We all play the game and when we dare，
我们都玩这场游戏并且当我们敢，To cheat ourselves at solitaire，
在孤独中自欺欺人，
Inventing lovers on the phone，
在电话中虚构一些情人，Repenting other lives unknown，
后悔其他我们不知道的生活，That call and say, "come dance with me"，
打来电话说，“跟我来跳舞”，And murmur vague obscenities，
含糊地嘟囔着脏话，
At ugly girls like me, at seventeen，
像我这般丑陋的姑娘，在十七岁。
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