Bird on a 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 fish on a hook

Like a knight in some old-fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for thee

And if I have been unkind

I just hope that you will let it go by

And if I have been untrue

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

By all that 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, "Don't ask for so much"

And a young woman leaning in her darkened door

She cried out to me, "Why not ask for more?"

Like a bird on a wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free