Bird On the Wire Lyrics - Jennifer Warnes

Bird On the Wire
by Leonard Cohe
Like a bird on the wire
like a drunk in a midnight choi
I have tried in my way to be free
Like a fish on a hook
like a knight from an old fashioned boo
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
If I have been unkind
I hope that you could just let it go by
And if I have been untru
I hope you know it was never to you. No, n
Like a baby, stillborn
like a beast with his hor
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
But I swear by this son
By all I have done wron
I'll make it all up to you. Yes I wil
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
H called out to me, "Don't ask for so much."
And a young man leaning on his darkened door
He cried out to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choi
I have tried in my way to be free.