Bird On A Wire (Leonard Cohen) lyrics
Song information
Artist: K.D. Lang Album: Hymns Of The 49th Parallel
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 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?"
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
Oh like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free
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"Hymns Of The 49th Parallel" album track list
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