Bird On a Wire

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 in an old fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for thee

And if I have been unkind

I hope you will let it go by

And if I, I have been untrue

Well, I hope you know, it was not to you

Like a babe stillborn, like a beast with his horn

I have torn everyone who reached out to me

But I swear, by this song and by all that I have done wrong

That I will make it, make it all up to you

I saw a man leaning on his crutch

And he said to me, why do you ask for so much?

But I saw a woman, she was leaning in a door

And she cried out to me, 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

But I swear, by this song and by all that I have done wrong