Well, my dear, what long arms you have

All the better to hold you down


Slap my wrist with that sweet consequence




What are we, what are we to do


What are we to do with you


Hey, hey, what are we, what are we to do

What are we to do with you





Well, I am, I'm ready to be new again

I'm ready to hear you say


Who I am is quite enough




Well, I am, I'm ready to be new again


I'm ready to hear you say


Who I am is quite enough




Well, my dear what deep roots you have


All the better to hold you down




We live inside the branches


Your family's nest asks

"Boy, where have you been?"


Well, you don't know where I've been




What are we to


To do with you


What are we to

To do with you





I am, I'm ready to be new again

I'm ready to hear you say


Who I am is quite enough




Well, I am, I'm ready to be new again


I'm ready to hear you say


Who I am is quite enough




Don't know where I've been

Don't know where I've been


My dear, what long arms you have

All the better to hold you down




I am, I'm ready to be new again

I'm ready to hear you say


Who I am is quite enough



I am, I'm ready to be new again


I'm ready to hear you say

Who I am is quite enough




You don't know where I've been

No, you don't know where I've been

You don't know where I've been


You don't know where

You don't know where, no



I am, I'm ready to be new again


I'm ready to hear you say

Who I am is quite enough




Well, I am, I am ready to be new again

I'm ready to hear you say

Who I am is quite enough