Bird on the Wire

[ti:] [ar:] [al:] [by:] [00:07.58]Like a bird on the wire, [00:08.91]like a drunk in a midnight choir [00:13.75]I have tried in my way to be free. [00:25.41]Like a worm on a hook, [00:30.72]like a knight from some old fashioned book [00:36.64]I have saved all my ribbons for thee. [00:49.68]If I, if I have been unkind, [01:00.51]I hope that you can just let it go by. [01:11.53]If I, if I have been untrue [01:22.26]I hope you know it was never to you. [01:31.50]Like a baby, stillborn, [01:37.31]like a beast with his horn [01:43.80]I have torn everyone who reached out for me. [01:54.28]But I swear by this song [01:59.46]and by all that I have done wrong [02:08.21]I will make it all up to thee. [02:17.88]I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, [02:28.62]he said to me, You must not ask for so much. [02:39.26]And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door, [02:50.02]she cried to me, Hey, why not ask for more? [02:58.80]Oh like a bird on the wire, [03:05.05]like a drunk in a midnight choir i have tried in my way to be free.