Bird on the Wire by Leonard Cohen

[Verse 1]

Like a bird on the 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?"

Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free