I Thought I Was A Child - Jackson Browne

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