女同音樂會(六)-覺醒之路

ToBeLu

不知為何
這帖的歌手
都在帶領我們走出傳統的框架
走向真實的自我
那條能夠自我定義,自我完成的道路





Janis Ian ( April 7, 1951)
美國歌手








1975以 At Seventeen榮獲葛萊美獎
曾與葡萄牙電影製作人 Tino Sargo 結婚
1993出櫃
2008出版自傳Society's Child
2013榮獲葛萊美最佳有聲書獎






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...
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"
The rich relationed hometown queen
Marries into what she needs
With a guarantee of company
And haven for the elderly...
So remember those who win the game
Lose the love they sought to gain
In debitures 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
when dreams were all they gave for free
to ugly duckling girls like me...
We all play the game, and when we dare
We cheat ourselves at solitaire
Inventing lovers on the phone
Repenting other lives unknown
That call and say: "Come on, dance with me"
And murmur vague obscenities
At ugly girls like me, at seventeen...

應該是搞錯對像
十七歲這堂課才如此苦澀

ToBeLu

Rona Kenan ( born 26 July 1979)
以色列歌手





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