Janis Ian - At Seventeen

I FEEL A KINSHIP TO U> NEVER MET U> THIS SONG & "SOCIETY" I HAVE LIVED DIFFERENT PERIODS IN MY LIFE< RANGING FROM 7TH GRADE TILL <{YES)PRESENT< SONG WRITING " EXPLODED AFTER "LADY DIANE " KICKED ME TO A WINTERY<FEBRUARY CURB< MY SONG TOOK "PROPER FORM(MASTER MAESTRO SISTER IN LAW SAT ME AT DEAR MOM"S UPRIGHT< SAM ASH NOTE BOOK/PEN> SHE OVER SAW ME JOT DOWN ON "EACH BAR"< NOTE FOR WORD< ENTIRE" TRIN' TOO HARD"> SINGING COUSIN JOEL STAHL WAS CONVINCED TO LET ME BRING HIM TO EAST MEADOW> HE SANG< I PLAYED RUDIMENTARY PIANO< RECORDED ON $100 SONY STATE OF THE ART CASSETTE DECK.( THE(BOUGHT W/EMPLOYEE DISCOUNT< NATCH)>< BLINDLY<COPIES IN HAND< TOOK LIRR TO NYC< VISITED "#" MAJOR RECORD CO>, SADLY< ONLY " APRIL BLACKWOOD" RETURNED MY SAMPLE(HARDLY A " DEMO"< W/BRIEF " SORRY< GOOD LUCK" NOTE>WISHED I KEPT IT< ALONG W/ MR. MUHAMMID ALI's AUTOGRAPH ON MY ALSO "LATE: " " BONWIT TELLER BLANK CREDIT SLIP( I WAS AN EXEC<M IN MEN'S SHOP THEN)> WELL< TODAY< OVER 1000 SONGS/POEMS, 1 BOOK. 1 & 3/4 SCI/FI WORKS, ESSAYS/& MORE> NEVER FOUND A WONDERFUL LADY SINGER WHOSE VOICE " STIRS ME AS YOURS DOES & EVOKES SAME EMOTIONS I HAVE REPRESSED TOO LONG> WELL< "LIVE LONG & PROSPER"(STAR TREK'S MR. SPOCK ).