Bird On A Wire

Bird On A Wire - Adam Cohen

Like a bird on a wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free

Like a worm on a hook

Like a knight from some old fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for thee

And if I have been unkind

I hope you can 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 horns

I have torn everyone

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

A beggar leaning on a wooden crutch

Said to me "You must not ask for so much"

And a pretty woman leaning

On her darkened door

Cried 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

To be free