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| Janis Ian – At Seventeen Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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This is not a difficult song to interpret. I was this girl. 'A brown eyed girl in hand me downs whose name I never could prounce'. I was poor, not very popular, extremely shy. But unlike Janis who says she was short with curly brown hair, while other girls were tall with long blonde hair, I was way too tall for my age and towered over boys. I had an Eastern European maiden name that no one could say correctly. This was well written. I love her voice and the lyrics. The first time I heard it, I cried, because it was too close to home. |
submissions
| Janis Ian – At Seventeen Lyrics
| 12 years ago
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I agree 100%. I've always been able to identify with this song, because I wasn't pretty, had a strange name, and was no good at sports, so the line, whose name was never called for choosing sides for basketball', been there, done that. And I love her voice! |
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