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