Bird On The Wire - Leonard Cohen
Like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in an old midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
Like a worm on a hook,
Like a knight bend down in some old fashioned book
It was a shape of our love that twist in me
If I have been unkind, if I have been unkind,
Oh, I hope you can find a way to let it all go right on by
If I have been un..., if I have been untrue, if I have been untrue
Just that I've thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too
(Mr. Bobby ... on the guitar!)
(Mr. Paul ... !)
Like a little baby, still born,
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
But I swear by this song
By all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee
I don't cry, don't, don't cry, I don't cry no more
It's over now - it's over, Babe, don't cry no more
I say don't cry, don't cry, don't cry, don't cry anymore
It's over, it's finished, it's completed - it has, it has been paid for
Like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in an old midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free