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 from some old-fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons

For thee

If I have been unkind

I hope you will just let it go by

And if I have been untrue

I hope you know it was not unto you

Like a baby stillborn

Like a beast with its horns

I have torn everyone

Who reached out for me

And I swear by this song

And by all I have done wrong

That I will make it all

Up to thee

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden cross

He said to me "do not ask for so much"

And a woman standing in her darkened door

She cried 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