Lyric The Childcatcher

(Berenyi)
"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."

"And as you grow older, try to stay 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."