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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
Oh, 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
- Album:
- You Want It Darker
- The Classic Interview
- Popular Problems
- Live in Dublin
- Old Ideas
- Live In London
- Live From The Isle Of Wight
- Dear Heather
- Ten New Songs
- The Future
- Various Positions
- Recent Songs
- New Skin For The Old Ceremony
- Songs Of Love And Hate
- Songs from a Room
- Songs Of Leonard Cohen
- Miscellaneous
- Born To The Breed A Tribute To Judy Collins
- Live Songs
- You Want It Darker (Paul Kalkbrenner Remix)