seventeen

「17才の頃」


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"

And the rich relationed hometown queen
marries into what she needs
with a guarantee of company
"And haven for the elderly"

Remember those who win the game
they lose the love they thought they gained
in debentures 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
and dreams were all they gave for free
to ugly duckling girls like me

We all play the game and when we dare
to cheat ourselves at solitaire
inventing lovers on the phone
repenting other lives unknown
that call and say "Come dance with me"
and murmur vague obscenities
at ugly girls likes me
at seventeen

at seventeen / janis ian / 1975

yutori baby

「ゆとり世代」

団塊世代のクソどもが去ったと思ったら、次はゆとりだから、日本人も大概ひどいけどね。 鳩山由紀夫（東大卒）なんか見てると、「団塊世代」と「ゆとり世代」の近似性を感じてイヤ～な予感しかしてなかったんだけど、 ゆとり世代が団塊同様、一般の日本人レベルとは根本的に異質である事はほぼ確定。何しろ「話せばわかる」という言葉すら理解しないレベル、疲れるので相手にしたくもないんだけど、、 アホの子みたいに就職したりして社会に進出して来やがるから接点を持たざるを得ない。人事部も頭痛いだろうし、なもんあてがわれた組織は混乱するよ。 ゆとりのバカたれは挨拶も、詫びも、気遣いもできん、説明しても「理解できない」から「できない」んだよね。（笑） ていうか、それを指摘したら耐性もないから壊れちゃいそうでメンドクサ、人として限界だよな、こういうのが会社にワサワサ増殖してくるからイライラもヒートアップ、 もうさ、気持ち悪いから視界に入ってくんじゃねーよ、まとめて撃ち殺してやりたくなるわ。(≧▽≦)



I’m a street walking cheetah
With a heart full of napalm
I’m a runaway son of the nuclear A-bomb
I am a world’s forgotten boy
The one who searches and destroys

Honey gotta help me please
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby, detonate for me!

Look out honey, cause I’m using technology!
Ain’t got time to make no apology
Solar radiation in the dead of night
Love in the middle of a fire fight

Honey gotta strike me blind
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby, penetrate my mind

And I’m the world’s forgotten boy
The one who’s searchin’, searchin’ to destroy
And honey I’m the world’s forgotten boy
The one who’s searchin’ only to destroy
Hey!

Look out honey, cause I’m using technology!
Ain’t got time to make no apology
Solar radiation in the dead of night
Love in the middle of a fire fight

Honey gotta strike me blind
Somebody gotta save my soul
Baby, penetrate my mind

search and destroy / stooges / 1973

【悲報】1987年～1996年生まれ(ゆとり)は駄目だと日本政府が認める