If I Ever Was a Child lyrics

I've never been alone

Long enough to know

If I ever was a child

I was tied up like a boat

On a button like a coat

Set free for the wild

I'd jump to jolt my clumsy blood

While my white, green eyes

Cry like a windowpane

Can my cold heart change

Even out of spite?

I saw

Behind my brain

A haunted stain

It never fades

I hunt

For the kind of pain

I can take

And I cry like a windowpane

Can my cold heart change

Overnight?

So I won't ever want to touch

Your heart too much

Or hold you too tight

I saw

Behind my brain

A haunted stain

It never fades

I hunt

For the kind of pain

I can take

I never was alone

Long enough to know

If I ever was a child

• Artist:Wilco
• Album:Schmilco