Bird on a Wire Lyrics

Like a bird on a wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free

Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight from some oldfashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee

And if I, if I have ever been unkind
I hope that you can just let it go by

And if I have ever been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you

Like a baby, stillborn
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached up to me

But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to you

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
And 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?"

Like a bird on a wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free