From the Album "Traffic" in 1968 on Island Records.
Words and Music by Dave Mason.
Time signature common time.
Verse:
A D E A D E A
Tell me how you want me to be then look again and you will see
D A G D A
That I'm still the same, love
D A G D A
Think me into any shape your twisted mind has no escape
D E A D E A
But don't be ashamed, love, it's just a game, love
G D A
You can learn how to play
Verse:
Born like you were in a terrible mess
Didn't know what it was to have a new dress
You just wanted to scream my name
'Til somebody said "Let me take you to bed"
With money and lies they filled up your head
You were barely thirteen, a child from the villages
So fresh on the scene