Child Then

(Blegvad/Partridge)

Ça Va

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Recordings

1. Album version.
   Co-written by Peter Blegvad and Andy Partridge.
   Performed by Slapp Happy.
   Released in April 1998 on the Slapp Happy album Ça Va in the U.K.

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Lyrics

I could run before I learned to walk,
Tore the tongues out of my shoes so they
wouldn't talk. I was a child then.
Seven years at a private school
Only taught me how to play the fool.
I was a child then,
But I would do the same again.
My counsel is my own to keep
& yes my conscience lets me sleep.
My sisters would behave like trees,
whispering of mysteries
that were beyond my ken.
Midnight out by Crater Lake
Wondering which pill to take.
I was a child then,
But I would do the same again.
Take another backwards leap
& yes my conscience lets me sleep.
If I'd known then what I know now
I'd have done it anyhow.
I never thought at forty-five
I'd still be alive.
Sold my soul for the highest bid.
Feel no remorse for what I did.
I was a child then,
but I would do the same again.
My counsel is my own to keep
& yes my conscience lets me sleep.

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