Bird on a Wire (feat. Jimmy Barnes)

Like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried, in my way, to be free Like a fish on a hook Like a knight in some old fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee And if I, if I have been unkind I just hope you (I hope you) will let it go by (let it go by) And if I, if I have been untrue I just hope you know (I hope you know) it was never to you (it was never to you) Like a baby, stillborn Like a beast, with its horn I have torn everyone that reached out to me, oh But I swear (I swear) by this song And by all, I have done wrong I'll make it all up, to thee I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch He called out to me (calling out to me) "Don't ask for so much" (oh, don't ask for so much) And a young woman, leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me (crying out to me) "Why not ask for more?" (why not ask for some more) Like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free