I'M JUST A SQUARE IN THE SOCIAL CIRCLE

(Jay Livingston (m) / Ray Evans (l) )

As sung by Betty Hutton in the 1945 film < The Stork Club > .

When I was young I found it grim
To gurgle in the social swim
The do's and don'ts and la-di-da's
To me were just a lot of blah.

I used my silver spoon at birth
For throwing meatballs at my nurse
I always chose to thumb my nose
At smarty clothes and party prose.

I've ditched the rich and sable set
To join the kitchen table set.

I used the wrong fork at the Stork in New York.
My manners ain't fit for a goop
I'm just a square in the social circle
Who put that fly in my soup.

I'd rather go out with a lout to about
Than sleep in a symphony hall
I'm just a square in the social circle
Who knocked my gum off that wall.

When the utterly utter flows like butter
I want to start pitching a curve
With a silly old blighter on a first nighter
I feel like a pickled hors d'oeuvre
No verve.

I never felt gay in a fancy beret
Or wear a babushka or bursk
I'm just a square in the social circle
Finger bowls hurt me the worst
They just don't quench my thirst.

(short bridge)

Mrs. Vanderhorse will greet me with a fourteen karat shout
"My dear, you've simply got to come to my daughter's coming out"
Her daughter is a Frankenstein, a Dracula in mink
When she comes out each stag will shout
"Gadzooks, I need a drink".

I'd dined and clubbed
I've elbow rubbed from Yonkers to Cheyenne
Boo to you bud
Take your blue blood
And stick it in your fountain pen.

(short bridge)

I wanna brush all the plush in the gush
I'd rather get left than be right
I'm just a square in the social circle
Anyone here wanna fight.

And none of me fits with the wits at the Ritz
I'd rather relax on a stool
I'm just a square in the social circle
Anyone wanna shoot pool.

When a cookie with cabbage gets too savage
I'll wrastle him three out of four
I would rather a sailor hop in my trailer
And show me his nautical lore
Why sure.

The ladies in frills only fill me with chills
They're soft as a ball of chenille
I'm just a square in the social circle
I've got a muscle of steel
Anyone here want to feel.

I'm as square as a pear in a boutonniere
Fancy silks won't stay on 
I'm designed for rayon
But I just don't seem to care
I'm a square.

NOTES:

This song writing duo of Livingston/Evans wrote a number 
of recognizable works, winning the Academy Award 3 times 
for Best Original Song. Among their creations, Buttons and 
Bows, Whatever Will Be, Will Be, Tammy's in Love and Mona Lisa.

They also wrote themes for TV series. Among them were Bonanza 
and Never Let Me Go.

< The Stork Club > was classified as a B Musical.
Director: Hal Walker
Leads: Betty Hutton / Barry Fitzgerald / Don DeFore / Robert Benchley

This song, < I'M JUST A SQUARE IN THE SOCIAL CIRCLE > was also 
released as an 'A' side 78 RPM disc. The 'B' side was  

< DOCTOR, LAWYER, INDIAN CHIEF > .



(Transcribed by David Story - February 2014)