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"AT SEVENTEEN"By Janis Ian / I learned the truth at seventeen / That love was meant for beauty queens
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Me Gustas Cuando Callas/I Like You When You Are Quiet by: Pablo NerudaMe gustas cuando callas porque estas como ausente, / y me oyes desde lejos, y mi voz no te toca. / Parece que los ojos se te hubieran volado
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Ode to ChesterI understand it’s always nice to hold someones hand and a kiss every now and then its what keeps someone alive. / But what you don’t understand is that I’d always hold your hand. / And kiss you every morning, noon, and night.
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Sorry It's Been AwhileWhen I haven't written anything down in awhile, it all wells up in my head. / And I sit in bed and think of things and wish some of them could be said. / But they can't. Cause who would listen to some silly girl of 16.
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QuestionsIt's funny we're Juice Drinkers, we're Environmentalists, we're Children of the 90's and the Future, and we Gin June. Yet we're still just as unhealthy, our plant's dying, we have no style, and we die just as soon.
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Dream Dancing*Swaying and moving and swaying some more. / I moved my way across the dance floor. / This must be heaven I thought to myself, for no one is judging
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It doesn'tThe future always seems better than the present. / I'm living for tomorrow / But than tomorrow comes and disappoints
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UntitledI became dependent on it and cut over just about everything and everyone. I began to substitue cutting for smoking. I smoked over everything and everyone. I used it to escape my problems and just sleep instead.
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American DreamingCaught in a trance we're losing our meaning / Like Shh, keep it down I'm American Dreamin'
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