Like a bird on a 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 Well, I hope, I hope that you I hope that you let it go by If I, if I have been untrue Well, I hope you know It was never, never to you Like a baby, stillborn Like a beast with his horn I have torn everyone who reached out for me And 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 on his wooden crutch And he cried out to me "You are not to ask for so much" I saw a pretty lady in her darkened door And she said to me "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