[00:00.090]Like a bird on the wire,like a drunk in a midnight choir
[00:13.350]I have tried in my way to be free.
[00:24.860]Like a worm (fish) on a hook,like a knight from some old fashioned book
[00:36.280]I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
[00:49.310]If I, if I have been unkind,I hope that you can just let it go by.
[01:10.980]If I, if I have been untrue,I hope you know it was never to you.
[01:30.880]Like a baby, still born,like a beast with his horn
[01:42.220]I have torn everyone who reached out for me.
[01:53.710]But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
[02:06.680]I will make it all up to thee.
[02:17.020]I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,
[02:27.680]he said to me, "You must not ask for so much." “”
[02:38.220]And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
[02:48.870]she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?" “ ”
[02:57.430]Oh like a bird on the wire,
[03:04.970]like a drunk in a midnight choir have tried in my way to be free.