bird on a wire

Lyrics

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 from an old fashioned book, i have saved all my ribbons with thee, and if i have been unkind, i hope that you will just 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 i have done wrong, i'll make it all up to you, i saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, he called out to me "don't ask for so much", and a young man leaning on his darkened door, he cried out to me "hey, 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