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.";