Bird on The Wire - Cover by fred montier
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Leonard Cohen - Bird On The Wire
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 a hook,
like a knight from some old fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind, I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, 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
and by all that I have done wrong I will make it all up to thee.
I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, he said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
she cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"
Oh like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in a midnight choirhave tried
in my way to be free.
