I Think I Understand...

..from where my daughter is coming when she talks about wanting to get away from this smallish town and its smallish minds:

Tune me in to the wild side of life
I'm an innocent young child sharp as a knife
Take me to the garrets where the artists have died
Show me the courtrooms where the judges have lied


Let me drink deeply from the water and the wine
Light coloured candles in dark dreary mines
Look in the mirror and stare at myself
And wonder if that's really me on the shelf



And each day I learn just a little bit more
I don't know why but I do know what for
If we're all going somewhere let's get there soon
For this song's got no title just words and a tune




Take me down alleys where the murders are done
In a vast high powered rocket to the core of the sun
Want to read books in the studies of men
Born on the breeze and die on the wind



If I was an artist who paints with his eyes
I'd study my subject and silently cry
Cry for the darkness to come down on me
For confusion to carry on turning the wheel


And each day I learn just a little bit more
I don't know why but I do know what for
If we're all going somewhere let's get there soon
For this song's got no title just words and a tune