Lemon Haired Ladies Lyrics - Mythical Kings & Iguanas/reflections In A Mud Puddle - Dory Previn

whatever you give me 

i'll take as it comes 

discarding self-pity 

i'll manage with crumbs 

i'll settle for moments 

i won't ask for life 

i'll not expect labels 

like lover or wife 

if showing affection 

embarrasses you 

i will not depend 

and i will not pursue 

for you are 

younger than i 

younger than i 

younger than i 

and i am 

wiser than you 

the one a.m. phone calls 

you're here then you're gone 

come when you need me 

i won't carry on 

i'll simply accept you 

the way that you are 

unsure and unstructured 

my door is ajar 

those lemon haired ladies 

of twenty or so 

of course you must see them 

just don't let me know 

don't let me know 

whatever you do 

for you are 

younger than i 

younger than i 

younger than i 

and i am 

weaker than you 

i'll give you a year 

maybe two 

maybe three 

then what will happen? 

where will i be? 

you'll still be a boy 

but what about me? 

what about me? 

what about me? 

why must you treat me 

with so little care 

i've so much inside me 

i'm aching to share 

why am i constant 

to someone like you? 

children don't know 

the meaning of "true" 

those lemon haired ladies 

why must you seem them? 

all that i want in your eyes 

is to be them 

time is on their side 

that's all i lack 

i wish you would just 

go away 

no 

come back 

come back 

go away 

come back 

go away 

what in hell can i do? 

i'm supposed to be wise 

for i am 

older than you 

older than you 

you so self-centered 

the games that you play 

do as you please 

you will anyway 

of course you will see them 

no use to pretend 

for they are 

younger than i 

younger than i 

those lemon haired ladies 

and they will 

win in the end.