Jackson Browne — I Thought I Was a Child

[Verse 1] It's such a clever innocence with which you do your sorcery As if somehow the years just bow and let that young girl go free I thought I was a child Until you turned and smiled I thought I knew where I was going Until I heard your laughter flowing And came upon the wisdom in your eyes Surprise [Verse 2] I've spent my whole life running 'round Chasing songs from town to town Thinking I'd be free so long as I never let love slow me down So lonely and so wild Until you turned and smiled By now I should have long been gone But here I am still looking on As if I didn't know which way to run [Verse 3] It's such a clever innocence with which you show myself to me As if you know how it feels to never be who you wanted to be I thought I was a child Until you turned and smiled I thought that I was free but I'm Just one more prisoner of time Alone within the boundaries of my mind [Outro] I thought I was a child