Valentines Day: Janis Ian--At Seventeen (1975)

Some of you might be saying, "What's up with this?". There is a sweet story that goes along with today's theme and this song....

There is a lyric in the song goes:

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

Those who remember the entire song know it as a lament about the loneliness of being a teenager who isn't one of the "special" ones. I always found it a bit depressing, but not being a popular guy in school, the ideas were not lost on my 15 year old brain. 

However, the cool part of this story was that on Valentines Day the next year, she received 461 Valentines Day cards, just goes to show people do pay attention to lyrics. Janis has gone on to have a successful recording and writing career here and around the world. So for Janis, and all of the rest of you out there....have a wonderful Valentines Day