Leonard Cohen

Born - 21 September 1934  (age 77)            

             Montreal, Quebec, Canada                             

                        Bird on the wire

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.

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