In Between (From 'Love Finds Andy Hard', 1938) - Judy Garland
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
It's such an imposition
For a girl who's got ambition
To be an in between
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
