Bird on a Wire

<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><br><br>Like a worm on a hook,<br><br>Like a knight from some old fashioned book<br><br>I have saved all my ribbons for thee.<br><br><br><br>If I have been unkind,<br><br>Please just let it go by.<br><br>If I have been untrue<br><br>It was never to you.<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><br><br>But I swear by this song<br><br>And by all that I have done wrong<br><br>I will make it all up to thee.<br><br><br><br>It was never to you<br><br><br><br>I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,<br><br>He said to me, you must not ask for so much.<br><br>And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,<br><br>She cried to me, hey, why not ask for more? <br><br><br><br>Oh 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.