bird on the wire

Lyrics

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. if i, if i have been unkind, i hope that you can just let it go by. if i, 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, 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.