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 an old fashioned book i have saved all my ribbons with thee and if i have been unkind i hope that you will just let it go by and if i have been untrue i hope you know it was never to you 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 by all i have done wrong i ll make it all up to you i saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch he 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 a wire like a drunk in a midnight choir i have tried in my way to be free