I learned the truth at seventeen That love was meant for beauty queens In high school girls with clear skinned smiles Who married young and then retired The valentines I never knew The Friday night charades of youth Were spent on one more beautiful At seventeen I learned the truth And those of us with ravaged faces Lacking in the social graces Desperately remained at home Inventing lovers on the phone Who called to say come dance with me And murmured vague obscenities It isn't all it seems At seventeen
A brown eyed girl in hand me downs Whose name I never could pronounce Said, Pity please the ones who serve They only get what they deserve And the rich relationed hometown queen Married into what she needs A guarantee of company And haven for the elderly Remember those who win the game Lose the love they sought to gain Indebentures of quality And dubious integrity Their small town eyes will gape at you in dull surprise when payment due Exceeds accounts received At seventeen
To those of us who knew the pain Of valentines that never came And those whose names were 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 and when we dare To cheat ourselves at solitaire Inventing lovers on the phone Repenting other lives unknown That call and say, come dance with me And murmur vague obscenities At ugly girls like me At seventeen
<심슨스> 이 뭐예요? 심슨 가족 인가 하는 애니메이션 인가? 안 봐서 모르겠다.
원곡자 제니스 이언이 이 곡 17살 때 쓴 자작곡 이라 하던데, 졸라 천재였나 보다.
우리에겐 아이유가 있긴 한데 걔가 스스로 원하는 대로 싱어송라이터의 길을 갈 수 있을 지는 모르겠다.
아이유는 또래 가수들 처럼 댄스 할때 보다 기타 치며 노래 할때 그 감성이 빛나 보이더라. 타고난 건데 그거. 아마 기획사 같은 것들이 그럴 기회를 주지는 않겠지 돈 벌어야 하니. 걔도 돈 좀 벌고 나면 진짜 음악을 할지 여느 연예인 처럼 잡탕같이 될지 궁금 하군. 그 음색이나 감성은 가르쳐 준다고 되는 거 아닐텐데. 또 아까운 재능 하나가 쓸때 없는 짓으로 먼지 처럼 사라지게 될지 안타까운 생각이 문득 든다.
야 기분좋다