Are you there God? It's me Margaret. I'm so scared God. Why can't I stop it? Girl or woman am I now a Christian or a Jew what's a girl supposed to do? Maybe I try too hard, maybe I go too far, maybe there's something more. Are you there God? It's me Margaret. I'm a teenaged afterthought, I'm a symbolette. Sometimes I just wish that I was Harriet the Spy or a pretty butterfly. Maybe I try too hard maybe I go too far maybe there's something wrong. I'll lock myself in the bathroom or hang myself in the classroom then I won't have to go and that's the second time I swear almost a woman now oh yeah it's a special time something we all share. Are you there God? It's me Margaret. You're the one I want let's not forget fondness makes the heart grow absent don't you think that's true? What's a girl supposed to do? Maybe I try too hard, maybe I go too far, maybe there's something more.