I thought i was a child lyrics

Artist  : Jackson browne 
Song : I thought i was a child
 
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--
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
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
I thought I was a child