Judy Collins Bird On A Wire song lyrics

Like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free

Like a worm on the hook

Like a knight in old fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for thee

And if I, if I have been unkind

I hope that you will just let it go by

And if I, if I have been untrue

I hope you know that it was not 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

And by all I have done wrong

That I will, I will make it all, all up to thee

I saw a man, a beggar leaning on his crutch

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

There was a woman who've been leaning in the door

She said, "Why not, why not, why not, why not ask for more?"

Like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free