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| Alanis Morrissette |
| IF IT WEREN'T FO R YOUR MATURITY NONE OF THIS WOULD HAVE HAPPENED IF YOU WEREN'T SO WISE BEYOND YOUR YEARS I WOULD'VE BEEN ABLE TO CONTROL MYSELF IF IT WEREN'T FOR MY ATTENTION YOU WOULDN'T HAVE BEEN SUCCESSFUL AND IF IT WEREN'T FOR ME YOU WOULD NEVER AMOUNTED TO VERY MUCH OHH THIS COULD BE MESSY BUT YOU DON'T SEEM TO MIND OOH DON'T GO TELLING EVERYBODY AND OVERLOOK THIS SUPPOSED CRIME WE'LL FAST FORWARD TO A FEW YEARS LATER AND NO ONE KNOWS EXCEPT THE BOTH OF US AND I HAVE HONORED YOUR REQUEST FOR SILENCE AND YOU'VE WASHED YOUR HANDS CLEAN OF THIS YOUR ESSENTIALLY AN EMPLOYEE AND I LIKE YOU HAVING TO DEPEND ON ME AND YOU'RE KINDA LIKE MY PROTEGE AND ONE DAY YOU'LL SAY YOU LEARNED ALL YOU KNOW FROM ME I KNOW YOU DEPEND ON ME LIKE A YOUNG THING TO A GUARDIAN I KNOW YOU SEXUALIZE ME LIKE A YOUNG THING WOULD AND I THINK I LIKE IT OOH THIS COULD GET MESSY BUT YOU DON'T SEEM TO MIND OOH DON'T GO TELLING EVERYBODY AND DON'T OVERLOOK THIS SUPPOSED CRIME WE'LL FAST FORWARD TO A FEW YEARS LATER AND NO ONE KNOWS EXCEPT THE BOTH OF US AND I HAVE HONORED YOUR REQUEST FOR SILENCE AND YOU'VE WASHED YOUR HANDS CLEAN OF THIS WHAT PART OF OUR HISTORY'S REINVENTED AND UNDER RUG SWEPT? WHAT PART OF YOUR MEMORY IS SELECTIVE AND TENDS TO FOGET? WHAT WITH THIS DISTANCE IT SEEMS SO OBVIOUS? JUST MAKE SURE YOU DON'T TELL ON ME ESPECIALLY TO THE MEMBERS OF YOUR FAMILY WE BEST KEEP THIS TO OURSLEVES AND NOT TELL ANY MEMBERS OF OUR INNER POSSE I WISH I COULD TELL THE WORLD CUZ YOU'RE SUCH A PRETTY THING WHEN YOU'RE DONE UP PROPERLY I MIGHT WANT TO MERRY YOU ONE DAY IF YOU WATCH THAT WAIT AND KEEP YOU FIRM BODY OOH THIS COULD GET MESSY BUT YOU DON'T SEEM TO MIND OOH DON'T GO TELLING EVERYBODY AND OVERLOOK THIS SUPPOSED CRIME WE'LL FAST FORWARD TO A FEW YEARS LATER NO ONE KNOWS EXCEPT THE BOTH OF US AND I HAVE HONORED YOUR REQUEST FOR SILENCE AND YOU HAVE WASHED YOUR HANDS CLEAN OF THIS |