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

You're Paradise

「お前がパラダイス」


We had a ball last night
She saw nothing but this taut rod
I'm big prick and perfect prick
She's on eazy lay
She sleep around with any boy
Get fuck'in going get going

Oh You're Paradise
Oh You're Paradise
Oh You're Paradise
Oh You're Paradise

When a man break a date he has to
When a girl break date she has two
They are scum of the earth
She picked up my lax cock
and balanced it in her parm she said lax cock
I could crutch it you weak basterd I hate you

Oh You're Paradise
Oh You're Paradise
Oh You're Paradise
Oh You're Paradise

We had a ball last night
She saw nothing but this taut rod
I'm big prick and perfect prick
She's on eazy lay
She sleep around with any boy
Get fuck'in going get going

Oh You're Parasite
Oh You're Paranoia
Oh You're Paralyzed
Oh You're Paraplegia

paradise / laughin' nose / 1984

dust

「ゴミ」


ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust

ちりカゴ 紙クズ、煙草の灰、玉子の殻、下種張った靴

ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust

ほこり屑、破れた服、ズックの汚れ、溝のほこり

ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust

石油かす、割れたガラス、抜けた髪の毛、糞尿 お茶かす

ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust
ゴミ 吹き溜まって Dust

焼けたセルロイド、落ちたフケ、腐った木

ダストシュートに放り込んで

ゴミ / ルースターズ /1984