When I was young I found it grim To gurgle in the social swim The do's and dont's and loddy-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 pose I've ditched the rich and sable set To join the kitchen table set But much to my regret I can't mingle with the social 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 a bout 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 bu*ter I want to start pitching a curve With a silly old blighter on a first nighter I feel like a pickled hors d'oeuvres, no verve I never felt gay in a fancy beret Or wear a babushka or burse I'm just a square in the social circle Finger bowls irk me the worst They just don't quench my thirst Mrs. Vanderpuss with 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 'Foo' to you bud, take your blue blood And stick it in your fountain pen I wanna brush all the blush in the gush I'd rather get left than be right I'm just a square in the social circle Anyone here wanna fight? 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 wrestle 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 silk won't stay on I'm designed for rayon But I just don't seem to care I'm a square