Bird on the Wire

Like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

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

Like a knight from some old fashioned book

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

I hope that you can just let it go by

If I, if I have been untrue

I hope you know it was never to youOh, like a baby, stillborn

Like a beast with his horn

I have torn everyone who reached out for meBut I swear by this song

And by all that I have done wrong

I will make it all up to theeI saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch

He said to me, "You must not ask for so much"

And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door

She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"Oh, like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free