ALANIS MORISSETTE - HANDS CLEAN

[Intro]
   

[Verse 1]
             
If it weren't 

     
for your matur

ity
            
None of this w

         
ould have happ

ened
             
If you weren't

       
 so wise beyon

d your years
            
I would have b

           
een able to co

ntrol myself
             
If it weren't 

     
for my attenti

on
            
You wouldn't h

             
ave been succe

ssful
             
And if, if it 

              
weren't for me
              
You would neve

            
r have amounte

           
d to very much

[Pre-Chorus]
          
Ooo-ooh this c

         
ould be messy
            
But you don't 

       
seem to mind
            
Ooo-ooh don't 

            
go telling eve

   
rybody
            
And overlook t

            
his supposed c

 
rime

[Chorus]
            
We'll fast for

            
ward to a few 

       
years later
            
And no-one kno

            
ws except the 

       
both of us
            
And I have hon

            
oured your req

       
uest for silen

ce
            
And you've was

            
hed your hands

       
 clean of this

[Verse 2]
             
You're essenti

     
ally an employ

ee
            
And I like you

           
 having to dep

end on me
              
You're a kind 

   
of protege
            
And one day yo

              
u'll say you l

              
earned all you

 
 know from me
             
I know you dep

end on me
            
Like a young t

              
hing would go 

      
to a guardian
           
I know you sex

ualize me
            
Like a young t

              
hing would and

   
 I think I lik

e it

[Pre-Chorus]
          
Ooo-ooh this c

         
ould be messy
            
But you don't 

       
seem to mind
            
Ooo-ooh don't 

            
go telling eve

   
rybody
            
And overlook t

            
his supposed c

 
rime

[Chorus]
            
We'll fast for

            
ward to a few 

       
years later
            
And no-one kno

            
ws except the 

       
both of us
            
And I have hon

            
oured your req

       
uest for silen

ce
            
And you've was

            
hed your hands

       
 clean of this

[Bridge]
            
What part of o

             
ur history is 

             
re-invented an

            
d under rug sw

ept
            
What part of y

             
our memory is 

             
selective and 

            
tends to forge

t

What's with the distance    it seems           so obvious

[Verse 3]
             
Just make sure

     
 you don't tel

l on me
            
Especially to 

              
members of you

  
r family
              
We best keep t

       
his to ourselv

es
            
And not tell a

              
ny member of o

   
ur inner posse
              
I wish I could

 
 tell the worl

d
            
Cos you're suc

              
h a pretty thi

              
ng when you're

 
 done up prope

rly
              
I might want t

  
o marry you, o

ne day
            
If you'd watch

              
 that weight a

   
nd keep your f

irm body

[Pre-Chorus]
          
Ooo-ooh this c

         
ould be messy
            
And I don't se

       
em to mind
            
Ooo-ooh don't 

            
go telling eve

   
rybody
            
And overlook t

            
his supposed c

 
rime

[Chorus]
            
We'll fast for

            
ward to a few 

       
years later
            
And no-one kno

            
ws except the 

       
both of us
            
And I have hon

            
oured your req

       
uest for silen

ce
            
And you've was

            
hed your hands

       
 clean of this

[Pre-Chorus]
          
Ooo-ooh this c

         
ould be messy
            
And I don't se

       
em to mind
            
Ooo-ooh don't 

            
go telling eve

   
rybody
            
And overlook t

            
his supposed c

 
rime

[Chorus]
            
We'll fast for

            
ward to a few 

       
years later
            
And no-one kno

            
ws except the 

       
both of us
            
And I have hon

            
oured your req

       
uest for silen

ce
            
And you've was

            
hed your hands

       
 clean of this

[Outro]
    x4

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