ALANIS MORISSETTE HANDS CLEAN Verse 1: C D If it weren't for your maturity Bm C None of this would have happened C D If you weren't so wise beyond your years Bm C I would have been able to control myself C D If it weren't for my attention Bm C You wouldn't have been successful C D And if, if it weren't for me Bm C You would never have amounted to very much Bridge: C D Bm C Ooo-ooh this could be messy C D Bm C But you don't seem to mind C D Bm C Ooo-ooh don't go telling everybody C D Bm C And overlook this supposed crime Chorus: C D Bm C We'll fast forward to a few years later And no-one knows except the both of us And I have honoured your request for silence And you've washed your hands clean of this You're essentially an employee And I 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 I know you depend on me Like a young thing would go to a guardian I know you sexualize me Like a young thing would and I think I like it Bridge: Chorus: Em C G D What part of our history is re-invented and under rug swept What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget What's with the 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 member of our inner posse I wish I could tell the world Cos you're such a pretty thing when you're done up properly I might want to marry you, one day If you'd watch that weight and keep your firm body