I Wonder

All alone, the broadening skies Under thee, every night, I lie (every night, I will lie) Scratch and claw and grip the rails Every day, my living hell Oh God, you know I tried I know how hard I try You know I tried Hey, I'd like to daze away To a place no one has known In a state of mind I could call mine That only I could own Where I can hum a tune any time I choose And there's no such thing as time Where I feel no pain, just calm and sane What a place for one to find Now, you see I'm watching everything I do And they're watching everything I say So they will leave me be Whoa, leave me be Sometimes, I gotta ask myself, I said Why am I even here? And I wonder You leave me wondering You leave me wondering Won't you stop watching me? I said, they're watching me, watching me, watching me, yeah Now, in my corner, I got their stealin' in my eyes, and And arms holding up my knees And, man, rocking back and forth's my life I didn't mean to feel this way When I walked into the door And they ripped away my memories And I can't remember who I, who I was before Lord, no, Lord, no And now, they're watching everything I do And they're watching everything I say So they'll leave me be Oh, leave me be And I only wanted to be sixteen And free, yeah And I wonder --- I Wonder - Blind Melon