Bird On A Wire (Live At Isle Of Wight Festival, UK)

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.