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 ♪ And if I, if I have been unkind ♪ I hope you can just let it go by ♪ And if I, if I have been untrue ♪ I hope you know it was never to you ♪ For 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 will make it all up to thee ♪ 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 to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
Oh, like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free