I Thought I Was a Child by Jackson Browne Lyrics

[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