
Date of issue: 17.03.1996
Record label: 4AD
Song language: English
The Childcatcher |
«Baby,» he says, «You are like the clean white page and I the pen |
The innocence I find between your girlish thighs is like the fountain of youth |
to my old bones.» |
And she replies, «Daddy's little girl’s a precious child» |
I love to please, I’ll do anything that you ask of me |
Eager to fulfill all of Daddy’s needs." |
«Baby,» he says, «I can never love older girls like I love you» |
You’re easier to please and you never give me grief |
'Cause you accept everything I say and do." |
And she replies, «I'm in no position to make demands» |
I have no past, no one else has done to me what you do |
I’ve got no one else to compare you to." |
«And as you grow older, try to act sixteen all your life |
Old women grow bitter, don’t let that happen to you.» |
«And why is it charming pretending I’m younger than my years?» |
Why can’t I grow up with dignity, set me free!" |
«Baby,» he says, «Now that you’re older I feel our love has died» |
Once upon a time you never criticised me |
Oh, I much preferred you as a child." |
And I reply, «Everything you said to me was a lie» |
I know your kind, you just want a daughter without a wife |
«You don’t need a girlfriend you need a life.» |
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