Bird on the Wire

Like a bird on the wire
 Like a drunk in a midnight choir
 I have tried in my way to be free
 Like a bird on the wire
 Like a drunk in a midnight choir
 I have tried in my way
 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 my ribbons for thee
 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 to you
 Like a baby, stillborn
 Like a beast with his horn
 I have torn everyone who reached out for me
 And 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, "Gilr, you must not ask for so much"
 And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
 She is a girl, why not ask for more?
 Oh like a bird on the wire
 Like a drunk in a midnight choir
 I have tried in my way
 I have tried to be free
 I have tried in my way
 I keep trying in my way to be free, free, free
 I'm trying to be free
 Like a bird on the wire
 Like a bird on the wire
 Like a drunk in a midnight choir
 I'm trying to be free, free, free
 I'm trying to be free
 I'm trying to be free