Bird on a Wire Lyrics

CAPO: 4th Fret
INTRO: C
Like a bird on a 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 in an old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
And if I___ have been unkind
I hope you will let it go by
And if I___, I have been untrue
Well, I hope you know, it was not to you
Like a babe stillborn, like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out to me
But I swear, by this song and by all that I have done wrong
That I will make it, make it all up to thee
INSTRUMENTAL: C G C F C G C F C
I saw a man leaning on his crutch
And he said to me, "Why do you ask for so much?"
But I saw a woman, she was leaning in a door
And she cried out to me, "Why not ask for more"
Like a bird on a wire, like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
But I swear, by this song and by all that I have done wrong
That I will make it, make it all up to thee