Songs from a Room:

BIRD ON THE WIRE

written by Leonard Cohen

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Like a bird on the wire
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Like a drunk in a midnight choir
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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

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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?"

Oh 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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