Hands Clean

If it weren't for your maturity, none of this would have happened

If you weren't so wise beyond your years, I would have 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 have amounted to very much

Ooh, this could be messy, but you don't seem to mind

And ooh, don't go tellin' everybody

And don't worry, look, this supposed crime

Will flash forward to a few years later

And no one knows except the both of us

And I have all had your requests for silence

And you've washed your hands clean of this

You're essentially my employee

I don't like you having to depend on me

You're a kind of protege

And one day you'll say you learned all you know from me

And I know you depend on me

Like a young thing would to a boy

And I know you socialize me

Like a young thing would

And I think I like it

Ooh, this could get messy But, ooh, you don't seem to mind

Dude, don't go tellin' everybody We've overlooked this supposed crime

We'll flash forward to a few years later And no one knows except the both of us

I've more than honored your request for science

Have you washed your hands clean of this?

What part of our history is reinvented and under-ropeswept?

What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget?

But with this distance it seems so obvious

Just make sure you don't tell on me, especially to members of your family

We best keep this to ourselves and not tell any members of our inner posse

I wish I could tell the world 'cause you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly

I might well marry you one day if you watch that weight and you keep your firm body

Ooh, this could be a nasty end

Oh, I don't seem to mind

Oh, don't go tell 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

Ooh, this could get messy

Ooh, I don't seem to mind

Ooh, don't go tellin' 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

Have you washed your hands clean of this?