Bird On A Wire

C
G7
C
F
Like a bird on a wire like a drunk in a midnight choir
C
G7
C
I have tried in my ways to be free
G7
C
F
Like a fish on a hook like a knight in some old fashioned book
C
G7
C
I have saved all my ribbons for thee
F
C
And if I if I have been unkind
Dm
G7
I just hope you will let it go by
F
C
And if I if I have been untrue
Dm
G7
I hope you know it was never to you
C
G7
C
F
Like a baby stillborn like a beast with his horn
C
G7
C
I have torn everyone who reached out to me
G7
C
F
But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong
C
G7
C
I’ll make it all up to thee
F
C
I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch
Dm
G7
He called out to me don’t ask for so much
F
C
And a young woman leaning in her darkened door
Dm
G7
She cried out to me why not ask for more
C
G7
C
F
Like a bird on a wire like a drunk in a midnight choir
C
G7
F
C
I have tried in my ways to be free

G7

C

Dm

F