Bird On A Wire

Like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my own way to be free

Oh yes, I have

Like a worm on the hook

Like a night in an old, old-fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for thee

And if I, and if I have ever been unkind

Well, I hope that you will just let it go on by

And if I, if I have ever been untrue

Well, I hope you know, I hope you know

That it was not, it was not meant for you

It was not meant to you

You know, I swear by this song

And by all, by all that I have done wrong

That I will, I will, I and I will

I'm gonna make it all up to thee, oh yeah, yeah, yeah

Let me tell you what I saw

I saw a man, a beggar, leaning on his wooden crutch

He said to me, "Why do you all, why do you all ask for so much?"

Then there was a woman, a woman, just

A-leanin' in a dark and dreary door

She said, "Why not, why not, why don't you ask, why don't you

Ask for more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more, more?"

Like a bird