Bird On A Wire

[Originally by Leonard Cohen]

Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk at a midnight choir,
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a fish on a hook, like a knight from some old
fashioned book, I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
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.
Like a baby stillborn, like a beast with its horn,
I have torn everyone who's reached out to 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 shouldn't ask for so much.
" And a pretty woman kneeling in her darkened door,
screamed out to me, "Why not ask for more?
" Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk at some midnight
choir, I have tried in my way to be free.