I Spoke As A Child

Todd Snider

 
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Everyone has days like I'm having, 
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Holdin on to anything that I can, 
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To keep myself from anything but laughing, 
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Looking back as far as I can stand. 
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Out my window winter is almost over, 
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I can no more see the sun behind these clouds, 
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Lookin' back on where I was one year ago today, 
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Laughing at the shape I'm in now. 

 
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When I was a child I spoke as a child 
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But all I heard was how I should get ahead, 
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Now growing up it ain't anything but all 
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This indecision with these debts and doubts 
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And worries hanging over my head. 

 
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When I was a child I spoke as a child, 
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I wish I could remember what I said. 



I'd like to find that old time feelin', 
Somewhere in between what I've become, 
Somewhere down the line it must have semed appealing, 
So I suppose that it must work for some, 
But I wanna go back to going crazy, 
Believing every word that I was told, 
You know sometimes growing up I think I'm getting wiser 
And then other times I think I'm getting old. 
 
When I was a child I spoke as a child, 
But all I heard was how I should get ahead. 
Now growing up it ain't anything but all this 
Indecision with these debts and doubts and 
Worries hangin' over my head. 
When I was a child I spoke as a child, 
I wish I could remember what I said. 

 
When I was a child I spoke as a child, 
God I wish I could remember what I said