Fifteen thousand times a day I hear a voice within me say Hide yourself behind the screen You shouldn't be heard, you shouldn't be seen You're just an awful in between
That's what I am and in between It's just like small pox quarantine I can't do this, I can't go there I'm just a circle in a square I don't fit in anywhere
I"m past the stage of doll and carriage I'm not the age to think of marriage I'm too old for toys and I'm too young for boys I'm just an in between
I'm not a child and children bore me I'm not grown up, grown ups ignore me And in every sense I'm just on a fence I'm just an in between
I'll be glad when momma let's me go to dances And have romances I'll be glad to have a party dress that boys will adore A dress that touches the floor
I'm sick and tired of bedtime stories I'm so inspired by love and glories But I guess it's no use, I still get mother goose I'm just an in between
I'm allow to go to pictures shows That is if nurse is feeling able But we only go to Mickey Mouse I'm not allowed Clarke Gable
It's such an imposition For a girl who's got ambition To be an in between
My dad says I should bother more About my lack of grammar Huh, the only thing that bothers me Is my lack of glamor
Why if I could use a lipstick and a powder puff Who knows I might be Garbo in the rough Instead of in between
I'll be glad when uncle Jim can't call me precious child That simply drives me wild I'll be glad to have a date that doesn't grow on a trees A date that's not history
I'll be so glad when I have grown some All by myself, I get so lonesome And I hope and pray for the day when I'll be sweet sixteen Then I won't have to be an in between