Bird on a Wire

Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in some midnight choir I have tried in my ways to be free Like a worm on a hook Like some knight in an old-fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee And if I have been unkind I hope that you can let it go by And if I have been untrue I hope you know it was never for you Oh, like a baby, stillborn Like a beast and his horn I have torn everyone who's reached out for me And I swear by this song And all that I have done wrong I will make, I will make it all up to thee, hm 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 Said, "Hey, why not ask just a little more?" And if I have been unkind I hope that you can just let it go on by And if I have been untrue I hope you know it was never for you Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my own ways to be free