Like a bird on a wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
Are you tryin' in my way, to be free?

Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight from an old fashioned book
I have saved, saved all my ribbons just for thee

Oh and if I, if I have been unkind
Oh, I hope that you, can just let it go by
Oh and if I, if I have been untrue, Lord
Well I hope you'll know, it was never to you

Like a baby, stillborn
Like a beast, oh with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me

But I swear yes, swear by this song
I swear by all that I have done wrong
I will make, I will make it all up to thee

I saw a beggar, leanin' on his wooden crutch
Well and he said to me, 'Oh don't ask for so much'
Oh and a pretty woman standin' by her darkened door
She cried out to me, 'Why not ask for more?'

Like a bird on a wire
Like a drunk, oh in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free

And I've tried, oh, I've tried
And, oh I've tried, oh, I've tried now
Aah yeah, I've tried, yeah, yeah I've tried
Yeah, and I've tried, oh, yes I've tried
Oh, I've tried, oh, in my way to be free