Bird on the Wire Songtext
von Joan Crowe

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way
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 my ribbons for thee

If I have been unkind
I hope that you can let it go by
And 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
And 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, "Gilr, you must not ask for so much"
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door
She is a girl, 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
I have tried to be free
I have tried in my way
I keep trying in my way to be free, free, free
I′m trying to be free

Like a bird on the wire
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I'm trying to be free, free, free
I′m trying to be free
I'm trying to be free