Jackson Browne - I Thought I Was A Child lyrics

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