I'm a raging emo

Originally posted by reader1107
ARTIST: Janis Ian
TITLE: At Seventeen
Lyrics and Chords


I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And 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

/ ...[text shortened]... ay, "come dance with me"
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me, at seventeen

What ever happened to Janis Ian? I remember that depressing song from High School. Maybe she was emo #1.

Originally posted by reader1107
ARTIST: Janis Ian
TITLE: At Seventeen
Lyrics and Chords


I learned the truth at seventeen
That love was meant for beauty queens
And 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

/ ...[text shortened]... ay, "come dance with me"
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me, at seventeen

Christ
That was more painful than a hemroid on a 20 mile hike.

Originally posted by aspviper666
Christ
That was more painful than a hemroid on a 20 mile hike.

Do you know that for a fact? If so, you should be emo.

Originally posted by ark13
Do you know that for a fact? If so, you should be emo.

I think the young fun 'n fundie Christians who prayed together at break-time must have been emo. They all talked like you.

Originally posted by RookRAK
What ever happened to Janis Ian? I remember that depressing song from High School. Maybe she was emo #1.

:-) My point exactly -- young whippersnappers thinking they invented depressing agony.

My understanding is that she died, like of an OD or something.

Nice to meet someone else my age 😀

Originally posted by reader1107
:-) My point exactly -- young whippersnappers thinking they invented depressing agony.

The furthest back I can trace the emo plague is John Keats, who died of odes.

Originally posted by Bosse de Nage
The furthest back I can trace the emo plague is John Keats, who died of odes.

Too bad I can only give you one rec!

LOL