Didn't They?

You know my secret, somebody told you didn't they?

I can tell by your voice

And in the way

We are awkward, mama, what did they say

When they told you my secret anyway?

The old heave-ho holds the old you don't know

What to do, what to say

Didn't they?

You in your half-shirt and lies

Me with the half-lit eyes

What a pair, who would ever suspect?

And could I care for polite

When mama, I'm so frightened

As a girl with a secret could be