Bird On A Wire Lyrics - American Recordings - Johnny Cash

Like a bird on a 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 in some old fashioned book 

I have saved all my ribbons for thee 

And if I have been unkind 

I hope that you will just 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 to me 

But I swear by this song 

And by all that I have done wrong 

I'll make it all up to you 

I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch 

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He called out to me "Don't ask for so much" 

And a young woman leaning on her darkened door 

She cried out to me "Why not ask for more" 

Like a bird on a wire 

Like a drunk in a midnight choir 

I have tried in my way to be free 

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