'Cause you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly and
And I like you having to depend on me and
Ooh, this could be messy
You're essentially an employee
Ooh, this could be messy
And not tell any members of our inner posse
Like a young thing would to a guardian and
And you've washed your hands clean of this
But you don't seem to mind
Songwriter: Alanis Morissette
If it weren't for your maturity
You learned all you know from me and
Ooh, this could get messy
Especially to members of your family and
I wish I could tell the world
And I have honored your request for silence
What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?
Like a young thing would and I think I like it
And no one knows except the both of us
If it weren't for my attention
No one knows except the both of us
If you watch that weight and keep your firm body
You wouldn't have been successful and
I would've been able to control myself and
We best keep this to ourselves
Just make sure you don't tell on me
I know you depend on me
You're kind of protege and one day you'll say
You will never have amounted to very much
If it weren't for me
I know you sexualize me
We'll fast forward to a few years later
We'll fast forward to a few years later and
And overlook this supposed crime
Publishers: 1974 MUSIC, MCA MUSIC PUBLISHING
And overlook this supposed crime
But you don't seem to mind
What part of our history's reinvented and under rug swept?
And overlook this supposed crime
We'll fast forward to a few years later
And you've washed your hands clean of this
Ooh, don't go telling everybody
But you don't seem to mind
And you've washed your hands clean of this
If you weren't so wise beyond your years
And no one knows except the both of us
None of this would have happened and
I might want to marry you one day
Ooh, don't go telling everybody
And I have honored your request for silence
Ooh, don't go telling everybody
And I have honored your request for silence