Kd Lang Bird On A Wire (leonard Cohen) Lyrics

Bird On A Wire (leonard Cohen) 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?" 







Oh like a bird on the wire, 



Like a drunk in a midnight choir 



I have tried in my way to be free.