like a bird on a wire like a drunk in 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 let it go by if i have been untrue i hope you know it was never to you like a bird free as a bird free like a baby stillborn like a beast with his horn i have torn every one 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 don t cry no more don t cry it s completed oh it s finished it s been paid for like a bird free as a bird free like a bird free as a bird free like a bird free on a wire free like a bird free free free