The Childcatcher — текст песни (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 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.

[Bridge]
And as you grow older,
try to stay sixteen all your life,
Old women grow bitter,
don`t let that happen to you.

(Instrumental Break)

[Philip King reads the poem The Bloom of Youth by Billy Childish in background]
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 the wife.
You don`t need a girlfriend you need a life.