Verse 1
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, If I Have Been Unkind
I Hope That You Can Just Let It Go By
If I, If I Have Been Untrue,
I Hope You Know It Was Never To You.
Verse 2
Like A Baby Stillborn,
Like A Beast With His Horn
I Have Torn Everyone Who Reached Out For Me.
But I Swear By This Song
And By All That I Have Done Wrong
I Will Make It All Up To Thee.
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?”
Outro
Like A Bird On A Wire,
Like A Drunk In A Midnight Choir
I Have Tried In My Way To Be Free
