[Verse]
C D
If it weren't for your maturity
Bm C
None of this would have happened
C D
If you weren't so wise beyond your years
Bm C
I would have been able to control myself
C D
If it weren't for my attention
Bm C
You wouldn't have been successful
C D
And if, if it weren't for me
Bm C
You would never have amounted to very much
[Pre-Chorus]
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh this could be messy
C D Bm C
But you don't seem to mind
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
C D Bm C
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
C D Bm C
We'll fast forward to a few years later
C D Bm C
And no-one knows except the both of us
C D Bm C
And I have honoured your request for silence
C D Bm C
And you've washed your hands clean of this
[Verse]
C D
You're essentially an employee
Bm C
And I like you having to depend on me
C D
You're a kind of protege
Bm C
And one day you'll say you learned all you know from me
C D
I know you depend on me
Bm C
Like a young thing would go to a guardian
C D
I know you sexualize me
Bm C
Like a young thing would and I think I like it
[Pre-Chorus]
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh this could get messy
C D Bm C
But you don't seem to mind
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
C D Bm C
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
C D Bm C
We'll fast forward to a few years later
C D Bm C
And no-one knows except the both of us
C D Bm C
And I have honoured your request for silence
C D Bm C
And you've washed your hands clean of this
[Bridge]
Em C G D
What part of our history is re-invented and under rug swept?
Em C G D
What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
What's with the distance it seems so obvious?
[Verse]
C D
Just make sure you don't tell on me
Bm C
Especially to members of your family
C D
We best keep this to ourselves
Bm C
And not tell any member of our inner posse
C D
I wish I could tell the world
Bm C
Cos you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly
C D
I might want to marry you, one day
Bm C
If you'd watch that weight and keep your firm body
[Pre-Chorus]
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh this could be messy
C D Bm C
But you don't seem to mind
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
C D Bm C
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
C D Bm C
We'll fast forward to a few years later
C D Bm C
And no-one knows except the both of us
C D Bm C
And I have honoured your request for silence
C D Bm C
And you've washed your hands clean of this
[Pre-Chorus]
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh this could get messy
C D Bm C
But you don't seem to mind
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
C D Bm C
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
C D Bm C
We'll fast forward to a few years later
C D Bm C
And no-one knows except the both of us
C D Bm C
And I have honoured your request for silence
C D Bm C
And you've washed your hands clean of this
[Verse]
C D
If it weren't for your maturity
Bm C
None of this would have happened
C If you weren't so
D
wise beyond your years
Bm I would have been
C
able to control myself
C D
If it weren't for my attention
Bm C
You wouldn't have been successful
C D
And if, if it weren't for me
You would never have
Bm C
amounted to very much
[Pre-Chorus]
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh this could be messy
C D Bm C
But you don't seem to mind
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
C D Bm C
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
C D We'll fast forward
Bm C
to a few years later
C D And no-one knows
Bm C
except the both of us
C D And I have honoured
Bm C
your request for silence
C D And you've washed your
Bm C
hands clean of this
[Verse]
C D
You're essentially an employee
Bm And I like you having
C
to depend on me
C D
You're a kind of protege
Bm And one day you'll say you
C
learned all you know from me
C D
I know you depend on me
Bm Like a young thing
C
would go to a guardian
C D
I know you sexualize me
Bm Like a young thing would
C
and I think I like it
[Pre-Chorus]
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh this could get messy
C D Bm C
But you don't seem to mind
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
C D Bm C
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
C D We'll fast forward
Bm C
to a few years later
C D And no-one knows
Bm C
except the both of us
C D And I have honoured
Bm C
your request for silence
C D And you've washed your
Bm C
hands clean of this
[Bridge]
Em C What part of our history is
G D
re-invented and under rug swept?
Em C What part of your memory is
G D
selective and tends to forget?
What's with the distance it seems so obvious?
[Verse]
C Just make sure you
D
don't tell on me
Bm Especially to members
C
of your family
C D
We best keep this to ourselves
Bm And not tell any member
C
of our inner posse
C D
I wish I could tell the world
Bm Cos you're such a pretty thing
C
when you're done up properly
C D
I might want to marry you, one day
Bm If you'd watch that weight
C
and keep your firm body
[Pre-Chorus]
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh this could be messy
C D Bm C
But you don't seem to mind
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
C D Bm C
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
C D We'll fast forward
Bm C
to a few years later
C D And no-one knows
Bm C
except the both of us
C D And I have honoured
Bm C
your request for silence
C D And you've washed your
Bm C
hands clean of this
[Pre-Chorus]
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh this could get messy
C D Bm C
But you don't seem to mind
C D Bm C
Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody
C D Bm C
And overlook this supposed crime
[Chorus]
C D We'll fast forward
Bm C
to a few years later
C D And no-one knows
Bm C
except the both of us
C D And I have honoured
Bm C
your request for silence
C D And you've washed your
Bm C
hands clean of this