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