I hear a voice within me say
Hide yourself behind a screen
That's what I am, an in -between
It's just like smallpox quarantine
I can't do this, I can't go there
I'm just a circle in a square
and I'm too young for boys,
I'm not a child, all children bore me
I'll be glad when mama let
s me go to dances and have romances
I'll be glad to have a party
A dress that boys will adore
A dress that touches the floor
I'm so inspired by love and glories
I'm allowed to go to picture shows
That is if Nurse is feeling able
But we only go to Mickey Mouse
I'm not allowed Clark Gable
For a girl who's got ambition
My dad says I should bother more
about my lack of grammar. Huh. The
only thing that bothers me
Why, if I could use a lipstick and a powder puff,
I might be Garbo. In the rough.
I'll be glad when Uncle Jim
can't call me pre cious child.
That simply drives me wild.
I'll be glad to have a date
that doesn't grow on a tree,
a date that's not history.
for by myself I get so lonesome,
When I'll be sweet sixteen