Tonart: C major•
Intro 1
C
C
Verse 1
C
I learned the truth at seventeen
Dm
That love was meant for beauty queens
with clear skinned smiles
C
Who married young and then retired
C
C
The valentines I never knew
Dm
The Fri day nights charades of youth
G
Were spent on one more beautiful
C
At seventeen I learned the truth
C
Chorus 1
Eb
And those of us with ravaged faces
Dm
G
Lacking in the social graces
Cm
Fm
Desperately remained at home
Cm
Fm
Inventing lovers on the phone
Ab
G
Who called to say "Come dance with me"
Cm
Fm
And murmured vague obscenities
Dm
It isn't all it seems
Verse 2
C
A brown eyed girl in hand-me-downs
Dm
Whose name I never could pronounce
G
Said, "Pity, please, the ones who serve
C
They only get what they deserve"
C
C
And the rich relationed hometown queen
Dm
Mar ries into what she needs
G
With a guarantee of company
C
And ha ven for the elderly
C
Chorus 2
Eb
Remem ber those who win the game
Dm
G
Lose the love they sought to gain
Cm
Fm
In debentures of quality
Cm
Fm
And dubious integrity
Ab
G
Their small-town eyes will gape at you
Cm
Fm
In dull surprise when payment due
Dm
Exceeds accounts received
Interlude 1
C
C
Verse 3
C
To those of us who knew the pain
Dm
Of va lentines that never came
G
And those whose names were never called
for basketball
C
C
It was long ago and far away
Dm
The world was younger than today
G
When dreams were all they gave for free
C
To ugly duckling girls like
Chorus 3
Eb
We all play the game, and when we dare
Dm
G
To cheat ourselves at solitaire
Cm
Fm
Inventing lovers on the phone
Cm
Fm
Repenting other lives unknown
Ab
G
They call and say, "Come dance with me"
Cm
Fm
And murmur vague obscenities
Dm
At ugly girls like me
Outro 1
C
C
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