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Bird On the Wire

Rosemary Standley & Dom La Nena

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PERFORMING ARTISTS

Rosemary Standley

Rosemary Standley

Performer

Dom La Nena

Performer

COMPOSITION & LYRICS

Leonard Cohen

Songwriter

Lyrics

[Verse 1]

Like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free

[Verse 2]

Like a worm on a hook

Like a knight from some old fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for thee

[Verse 3]

If I have been unkind

I hope that you can just let it go by

If I have been untrue

I hope you know it was never to you

[Verse 4]

Like a baby stillborn

Like a beast with his horn

I have torn anyone who reached out for me

[Verse 5]

But I swear by this song

And by all that I have done wrong

I will make it all up to thee

[Verse 6]

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

She cried to me, hey why not ask for more?

[Verse 7]

Like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free

[Verse 8]

Like a worm on a hook

Like a knight from some old fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for thee

Written by: Leonard Cohen

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