Bird On the Wire

Like a bird on a wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free

Like a maggot on a hook

Like a knight from an old fashioned book

I have saved every freedom

I have saved every freedom for me

And if I, if I have been unkind

I hope, I hope that you can just let it go on by

And if I have been untrue

I hope you know, I hope you know it was never, never to you

I have saved every freedom

I have saved every freedom for me

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch

He said, I heard him say to me, "You must not, you must not ask for too much"

And a pretty woman standing in her darkened door

Saying, I heard her say, "Why, why not ask, why not ask for more?"

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried, I have tried in my way

I have tried in my way to be free