Momus - Nasty Child lyrics

Nasty child you've got so wild Bad and strong and free Nobody knows to look at you now How you once were part of me Nasty child so free and wild You cut us like a knife Me and the cow who long ago Gave you the gift of life You used to clasp our fingertips And chuckle with delight Look at you now, nasty child All dressed up, out in the night The lips we fed are lipstick red You s** your stick of rock The legs we taught how to walk Now go, nonstop, right to the top We gave you milk and words to speak We watched you chew a rusk Maybe we weren't so sure of ourselves When we tried to force you to be just like us Nasty child you took control You've got this life all sussed Grabbed the stuff that you could grab And never gave a sh** for us And though the cow kicked up a stink And thrashed you day and night Nasty child the way you lived Seems so right I love you so much my nasty child You don't love me one bit But maybe I'll learn, learn from you now Not to give a sh** My nasty child, grown up so wild So bold and bad and free Tell me how to be like you Before you get like me You grabbed your life by the scruff of the neck Wild and strong and free Nasty child ask for the Earth In your nasty way