Bird on The Wire

<br>By leonard cohen<br><br><br><br>Like a bird on the wire,<br><br>Like a drunk in a midnight choir<br><br>I have tried in my way to be free.<br><br>Like a fish on a hook,<br><br>Like a knight from an old fashioned book<br><br>I have saved all my ribbons for thee.<br><br>If I have been unkind,<br><br>I hope that you could just let it go by.<br><br>And if I have been untrue<br><br>I hope you know it was never to you. no, no<br><br><br><br>Like a baby, stillborn,<br><br>Like a beast with his horn<br><br>I have torn everyone who reached out for me.<br><br>But I swear by this song<br><br>By all I have done wrong<br><br>Ill make it all up to you. yes I will<br><br>I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,<br><br>H called out to me, &quot;dont ask for so much.&quot;<br><br>And a young man leaning on his darkened door,<br><br>He cried out to me, &quot;hey, why not ask for more? &quot;<br><br><br><br>Like a bird on the wire,<br><br>Like a drunk in a midnight choir<br><br>I have tried in my way to be free.