Lush - The Childcatcher lyrics

"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
"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"