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
