Bird On A Wire

Like a bird on a wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be freeLike a fish on a hook

Like a knight in some old fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for theeAnd if I, if I have been unkind

I just hope you will let it go by

And if I, if I have been untrue

I just hope you know it was never to youLike a baby still born

Like a beast with his horn

I have torn everyone

Who reached out to meBut I swear by this song

And by all that I have done wrong

I'll make it all up to theeI saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch

And he called out to me, "Don't ask for so much"

And a young woman leaning in her darkened door

And she called out to me, "Hey, why not ask for more"Like a bird on a wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free

Songwriters

LEONARD COHENPublished by

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