Bird on a Wire

[Verse 1] 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 some old fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee [Chorus] If I, if I've been unkind I hope you can just let it go by If I have been untrue I hope you know it was never to you [Verse 2] 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 And by all that I have done wrong I'll make it all up to thee [Chorus] I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch He said to me "You must not ask for so much" And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door She cried out to me "Hey, why not ask for more?" [Instrumental] [Chorus] If I, if I've been unkind I hope you can just let it go by If I have been untrue It was never to you [Outro] Like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free