If I Ever Was a Child - Wilco

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 around 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

Woah-oo-woo, woah-oo-woo Woah-oo-woo, woah-oo-woo Ridin' off in the sunset, blue eyes under my Stetson A little lady on the front porch wishin' my heart would start settling Big iron hips with the holsters I'd be lookin' mighty fine on a poster Wanted by the law but the laws don't apply to me If I was a cowboy, I'd be wild and free Rollin' around these towns like tumbleweeds I'd be a legend at loving and leaving Nipping on a whiskey and numbing up my feelings You thought the West was wild but you ain't saddled up with me If I was a cowboy, I'd be the queen Woah-oo-woo, woah-oo-woo Sittin' pretty on the prairie, baby I'm your Huckleberry, let me hold ya This six-gun sugar's got a hairpin trigger, like I told ya And this dove never really gets lonesome I never begged, never borrowed but I stole some Wanted by the law but the laws don't apply to me, baby If I was a cowboy, I'd be wild and free Rollin' around these towns like tumbleweeds I'd be a legend at loving and leaving Nipping on a whiskey and numbing up my feelings You thought the West was wild but you ain't saddled up with me If I was a cowboy, I'd be the queen So mamas if your daughters grow up To be cowboys, so what? If I was a cowboy, I'd be wild and free Rollin' around these towns like tumbleweeds (tumbling tumbleweeds) I'd be a legend at loving and leaving Nipping on a whiskey and numbing up my feelings You thought the West was wild but you ain't saddled up with me (up with me) If I was a cowboy, I'd be the queen Woah-oo-woo I'd be the queen Woah-oo-woo, woah-oo-woo Woah-oo-woo, woah-oo-woo

If I was a gun Well, I'd win every time And if you think otherwise Just look at all the wars I've won If I was a gun Would this ole world be a better? Could I protect the ones that never Thought that they'd be needing one? If I was a gun But I'm a man who knows There is wrong and there is right I understand that there's A time to love, a time to fight And if I never heard God's words from Mama's lips spoke to her son Would His will be done? If I was a gun If I was a gun Would my family stay safe? From evil's wicked ways That the world sees too much of And if I was a gun All the power that I have To take a life can't take it back Once all the smoke is dead and gone If I was a gun If I was a gun I couldn't pull my own trigger 'Cause the choice is in the finger Of the one who's holdin' on If I was a gun But I'm a man who knows There is wrong and there is right I understand that there's A time to love, a time to fight And if I never heard God's words from Mama's lips spoke to her son Would His will be done? If I was a gun

The cash machine Is blue and green For a hundred in 20's And a small service fee I could spend three dollars And 63 cents On diet Coca-Cola And unlit cigarettes I wonder why We listen to poets When nobody gives a fuck How hot and sorrowful This machine begs for luck All my lies are always wishes I know I would die If I could come back new I want a good life With a nose for things A fresh wind and bright sky To enjoy my suffering A hole without a key If I break my tongue Speaking of tomorrow How will it ever come All my lies are always my wishes I know I would die If I could come back new I'm down on my hands and knees Every time the doorbell rings I shake like a toothache When I hear myself sing All my lies are only wishes I know I would die If I could come back new I would like to salute The ashes of American flags And all the falling leaves Filling up shopping bags