Didn't They

Ou 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 as frightened

As a girl with a secret could be.