Joe Cocker – Bird On A Wire lyrics

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

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

And if I, if I have been unkind
Well I hope that you will just let it go by
And if I, if I have been untrue
Well 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
I swear by all that I have done wrong
I'll make, I will make it all up to you

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch
Well he cried out to me " Don't ask for so much "
And a pretty woman leaning there on his darkened door
Yes she said 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 own way to be free