"Bird On The Wire" lyrics

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in own 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 just for you

And if I have been unkind
I hope that you will let it go by
If I have been untrue
I hope you know it was not to you

Like a baby, stillborn
Like a beast with his horns
I have torn everyone who reached out for me

And I swear by this old song
And by all, all I have done wrong
I will make it
I'm gonna make it all up to you

I saw a beggar man leaning on his crutch
And he said to me, "Hey, why ask for so much?"
And a pretty woman standing in her darkened door
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried
Yes, I've tried my own way to be free

I have tried
Yes, I've tried
I have tried
Oh, I have tried
I have tried
Deep down inside
Oh, I've cried
I have tried
In my own way
I have tried to be free