If I Ever Was A Child Lyrics - Wilco

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