[00:00.60]Like a bird on the wire [00:18.89]Like a drunk in a midnight choir [00:29.02]I have tried in my way to be free [00:42.43]Like a worm on a hook [00:49.94]Like a knight from some old fashioned book [00:59.47]I have saved all my ribbons for thee [01:10.22]If I, if I have been unkind [01:17.78]I hope that you can just let it go by [01:41.67]If I, if I have been untrue [02:46.44]I hope you know it was never to you [03:59.18]Like a baby, stillborn [04:09.38]Like a beast with his horn [04:15.96]I have torn everyone who reached out for me [04:30.12]But I swear by this song [04:38.69]And by all that I have done wrong [04:44.88]I will make it all up to thee [04:47.69]I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch [04:52.95]He said to me, You must not ask for so much. [05:15.58]And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door [05:25.96]She cried to me, Hey, why not ask for more [05:55.64]Oh like a bird on the wire [06:03.94]Like a drunk in a midnight choir [06:13.91]I have tried in my way to be free