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