Bird On A Wire

Like a bird on the 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 an old fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for thee

And if I, if I have been unkind

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

And if I, if I have been untrue

Well, 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 out for me

But I swear by this song

I swear that all that I did wrong

I will make, I will make it all up to thee

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch

Well, he cried out to me, "You ask for so much"

And a pretty woman standing by her darkened door

And she said to me, "Why not ask for more?"

Like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free