Bird on The Wire — текст песни (Jennifer Warnes)

By leonard cohen



Like a bird on the wire,

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my 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.

If I have been unkind,

I hope that you could just let it go by.

And if I have been untrue

I hope you know it was never to you. no, no



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

By all I have done wrong

Ill make it all up to you. yes I will

I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch,

H called out to me, "dont ask for so much."

And a young man leaning on his darkened door,

He cried out to me, "hey, why not ask for more? "



Like a bird on the wire,

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free.