Bird On The Wire

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Like a bird on the wire like a drunk in a midnight choir 
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I have tried in my way to be free 
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Like a worm on a hook, like a knight from some old-fashioned book 
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I have saved all my ribbons for thee 
  
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    If I if I have been unkind 
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    I hope that you can just let it go by 
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    If I if I have been untrue 
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    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?" 
 
Like a bird on the wire like a drunk in a midnight choir 
I have tried in my way to be free