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Artist: Marina
Track: Seventeen

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Used to be a major scale
But the melody went stale
Musical cacophony let
Eensy Weensy spider free
You're a rich little boy
Who's had to work for his toys
You've got all the sensibilities
Of an upper class guy

No I'm not your little slave
No I don't twist and turn that way
Only got bad things to say
You're always asking what is up with me

Could never tell you what happened
The day I turned seventeen
The rise of a king and the fall of a queen
Seventeen, seventeen

Oh, you are embarrassed of me
‘Cos I use my tongue freely
Bet you wish I couldn't speak
‘Cos when I do, you know
I tell you why you're being weak
You want a hassle free life
Go get your upper class wife
Oh, she's got all the personality
Of a lemon that has been
Truly sucked dry

You teach me how to behave
I felt you question the way
I was brought up as a baby
Well you don't know fuck about my family

Could never tell you what happened
The day I turned seventeen
The rise of a king and the fall of a queen
Seventeen, seventeen

Never fell down like a princess
I used to kid myself in this stress
That it was just how things
Were meant to be
Oh, seventeen, seventeen.
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MARINA – Seventeen
“Seventeen” is the twelfth track on the US edition of Marina and the Diamonds' debut album, The Family Jewels. The song was reworked from the original version on her debut EP
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Genius Traductions françaises – MARINA - Seventeen (Traduction Française)
[Couplet 1] / J'étais un ton majeur / Mais a mélodie devint dûre / Cacophonie musicale / Laissez incy araignée libre / Tu es un riche petit garçon / Qui as du travailler pour ses
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Genius Brasil Traduções – MARINA — Seventeen (tradução em português)
[Verso 1] / Costumava ser uma escala maior / Mas a melodia ficou obsoleta / Minha cacofonia musical / Libertou a Dona Aranha / Você é um garotinho rico / Que teve que trabalhar
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The Family Jewels by MARINA
The Family Jewels is the debut studio album by Welsh singer Marina Diamandis, professionally known as Marina and the Diamonds. It was released on 15 February 2010. Diamandis
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MARINA Songs
MARINA has 252 songs with the most popular being Teen Idle, Bubblegum Bitch and Oh No!.