I used to think
I had the answers to everything
But now I know
That life doesn't always
Go my way, yeah
Feels like I'm caught in the middle
That's when I realize

[Chorus]
I'm not a girl
Not yet a woman
All I need is time
A moment that is mine
While I'm in between

I'm not a girl
There is no need to protect me
It's time that I
Learn to face up to this on my own
I've seen so much more than you know now
So don't tell me to shut my eyes

[Chorus]

I'm not a girl
But if u look at me closely
You will see it in my eyes
This girl will always find
Her way

(I'm not a girl)
I'm not a girl don't tell me what to believe
(Not yet a woman)
I'm just tryin' to find the woman in me, yeah
(All I need is time) all I need
(A moment that is mine) that's mine
While I'm in between

I'm not a girl
Not yet a woman
All I need is time (is all I need)
A moment that is mine
While I'm in between

I'm not a girl
Not now ohhh yet a woman.



Lyrics submitted by GuyMagniv

Track duration: 03:51

"I'm Not a Girl, Not Yet a Woman" as written by Dido Armstrong, Max Martin, Rami Jacoub

Lyrics © Warner/Chappell Music, Inc., Universal Music Publishing Group

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    General Comment:those who called britney for whore or bitch or whatever they said, that doesnt make them perfect and swaering to her doesnt make you perfect either so shut your fucking mouth up and look at yourselves assholes. she made something good and shes a star and wahtever you say she will stay in the top and wont look at the bottom to see losers like you!!!! she famous and succed singer,, and i hope if she read all these things that you mother fuckers had written each one of you will beg her knees to not go to prison . YES shes big and can bring the hell on you and ruin your lives so that you know you lines!!
    and actully this page is made for telling about the song and to not fuck yourselves here if you want a page to put your dirty things there you should go to a PORN PAGE theres mother fuckers like you!! and i dont think that will shake a hair of her cuz theres millions that loves her and ADORES HER !!
    and the others hell is open for you so go ahead !!!
    and if you really dare to say this in her face so do it .. and you wont live a second!!
    FUCK YOU LOSERS LOOK AT YOURLIVES AND SEE YOUR MISTAKES AND DONT CARE ABOUT WHAT THE OTHERS ARE !! BE BETTER THAN HER IF YOU CAN ,,, BUT BO YOU ARE JUST ASSHOLES EVEN DONT KNOW HOT TO TALK ..............
    Flag sad4everon May 26, 2011   Link
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    General Comment:I know this song and i am ok with the lyrics britney spears is a exallent singer well that is what i think anyway
    Flag Paige12on October 14, 2010   Link
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    General Comment:This song is one of THE songs for me in high school. It's kind of the balance between being a kid and a women.. it was a hard transition to wanting to feel independant but couldn't have the freedom, I imagine growing up in the spotlight it was a lot harder to resist adult temptations
    Flag Jdwg51887on December 22, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:I love this song so much. Even though it's old, I still listen to it all the time. I think a lot of girls can really relate to it. It's about being unsure of what you want to do, which most teenagers are.
    Flag wayla1234on November 02, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:O.M.G how stupid can u guys get. There is a meaning behind the song, just like all songs. Actually Dido wrote the song.

    The line "Am not a girl, not yet a women" is all about the stage in her life. The Media saw her (at the time of release) still as the Teen pop princess and expected her to act like a goody-to-shoes. But she wanted to grow up, do more adult led things, but the Media still saw her as a little girl, and when she went to do adult things (like getting drunk) there would be an up roar in the press.

    I love this song and can relate to it. Am 21 (15 when this was released) but my gran still thinks am a little girl, and tries to shelled me from certian things that are really bad in the media. I know a lot more stuff than she knows i know.

    So stop dissing the song please.
    Flag jamboslilangelon June 18, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:Ok, seriously, if you don't like her, why are you reading her lyrics? Why are you even looking up things on Britney Spears if you hate her so much? Take a look at youselves before posting bash comments about other people.
    Flag RisemboolRangeron February 19, 2009   Link
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    General Comment:okay.yea she turned into a slxtty whxre. but still.all ya'll saying that her music sux i wuld bet a lot of money that wen she was popular and you were young u LOVED her music!

    trust me i mock her all the time. but i'll admit that i used 2 hav her songs memorized. i loved most of her music.

    and for you idiots(!) that think shes saying shes not female and shes a duck or some shxt like that. get a life.
    Flag FALLINGforHIM1994on September 17, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Wow, and people ask why Britney went into such a depression, its idiots like you who have been bashing her at her most innocent times [2002]
    Its about growing up [particularly in the spot light] and people treating you like you are a kid, like you cannot do your own thing, its about that middle place, not quite grown, but not a little kid.. she wants to figure it out on her own instead of being told what and what not to do. great song
    Flag lalalandedon July 07, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:Guys, stop bashing her. She's been in the public's eye since she was probably ten or tweleve. She's never had a chance to live in the real world or just be a real person. She had so much fame that it killed her as a person. I feel really bad for her, actually. I think a lot of people just want to see her get back on her feet and prove she's still great. Okay so what if she didn't write her songs? She sang them, and she did, at one point, sing well. People are so evil on this website. Don't call me stupid or anything because I do know what real music is and I do appreciate it, but you guys are just so cruel!
    Flag xxmodernloveon May 25, 2008   Link
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    General Comment:I think a better song about growing up is Bob Dylan's "Just like a Woman". It's not even really about growing up, and Dylan isn't even a girl, but he somehow describes perfectly my own struggles with growing older, making dumb choices, feeling all grown up, and then breaking just like a little girl.
    Flag spotless_mindon July 17, 2007   Link

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