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Hands Clean by Alanis Morissette

If it weren't for your maturity
None of this would have happened
If you weren't so wise beyond your years
I would've been able to (1)______________ myself
If it weren't for my attention
You wouldn't have been successful, and if
If it weren't for me, you would never
Have amounted to very much
This could be messy, but
But you don't seem to mind, and
Don't go telling everybody, and
And over-look this supposed crime
We'll (2)________ forward to a few years later, and
And no one knows except the both of us
And I have (3)______________ your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this
You're (4)______________________ an employee
And I like you having to (5)____________ on me
You're a kind of protégé and one day you'll say
You learned all you know from me, and
And I know you depend on me
Like a (6)__________ thing would to a guardian
I know you sexualize me
Like a young thing would and I think I like it
This could get messy, but
You don't seem to mind
Dude, don't go telling everybody, and
Over-look this supposed crime
We'll fast forward to a few years later, and
No one knows except the both of us
I've more than honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this
What part of our history's re-invented and under rug swept

What part of your memory is selective and tends to forget
What 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 (7)__________ wanna marry you one day
If you'd watch that weight and you keep your firm body
This could be messy
I don't seem to mind
Don't go telling everybody, and
Over-look (8)________ supposed crime
We'll fast forward to a few years later, and
No one knows (9)____________ the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this
This could get messy, but
I don't seem to mind
Don't go telling everybody, and
Over-look this supposed crime
We'll fast forward to a few years later, and
No one knows (10)____________ the both of us
And I have honored your request for silence
And you've washed your hands clean of this

Answers:
(1) control(2) fast(3) honored(4) essentially(5) depend(6) young(7) might(8) this(9) except(10) except