Bird On The 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 fish on a hook

Like a knight from an old fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for thee

If I have been unkind

I hope that you could just let it go by

And if I have been untrue

I hope you know it was never to you, no, no

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

By all I have done wrong

I'll make it all up to you, yes, I will

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch

He called out to me, "Don't ask for so much"

And a young man leaning on his darkened door

He cried out to me, "Hey, 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