<html aria-label="message body"><head><meta http-equiv="content-type" content="text/html; charset=utf-8"></head><body style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><div dir="auto" style="overflow-wrap: break-word; -webkit-nbsp-mode: space; line-break: after-white-space;"><p style="font-family: inherit; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; line-height: 28.9px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Nothing But A Child</p><p style="font-family: inherit; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; line-height: 28.9px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Once upon a time, in a far off land<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Wise men saw a sign and set out across the sand<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Songs of praise to sing, they travelled day and night<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Precious gifts to bring, guided by the light</p><p style="font-family: inherit; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; line-height: 28.9px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; font-size: 22px;">They chased a brand new star, ever towards the west<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Across the mountains far, but when it came to rest<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">They scarce believed their eyes, they’d come so many miles<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">And this miracle they prized was nothing but a child</p><p style="font-family: inherit; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; line-height: 28.9px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Nothing but a child could wash those tears away<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Or guide a weary world into the light of day<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">And nothing but a child could help erase those miles<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">So once again we all can be children for awhile</p><p style="font-family: inherit; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; line-height: 28.9px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Now all around the world, in every little town<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Everyday is heard a precious little sound<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">And every mother kind and every father proud<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Looks down in awe to find another chance allowed</p><p style="font-family: inherit; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; line-height: 28.9px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; font-size: 22px;">Nothing but a child could wash those tears away<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">Or guide a weary world into the light of day<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">And nothing but a child could help erase those miles<br style="box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased;">So once again we all can be children for awhile</p><p style="font-family: inherit; background-color: rgb(250, 250, 250); box-sizing: border-box; -webkit-font-smoothing: antialiased; border: 0px; line-height: 28.9px; margin: 0px 0px 1.5em; padding: 0px; font-size: 22px;"><span class="Apple-tab-span" style="white-space: pre;"> </span>- Steve Earle</p></div></body></html>