The Childcatcher Songtext
von Lush

"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 precocious child
"I love to please, I′ll do anything that you ask of me
"Eager to fulfil all of daddy's needs"

"Baby," he says (baby he says)
"I can never love older girls like I love you"
"You're easier to please" (easier to please)
"You never give me grief" (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 16 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 (baby he says)
"Now that you're older, I feel our love has died"
"Once upon a time" (once upon a time)
"You never criticised me" (never criticise 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"