Like a bird on a 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 in an old fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee       And if I___ have been unkind I hope you will let it go by And if I___ I have been untrue Well I hope you know it was not to you Like a babe 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 That I will make it make it all up to thee       I saw a man leaning on his crutch And he said to me "Why do you ask for so much?" But I saw a woman she was leaning in a door And 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       But I swear by this song and by all that I have done wrong That I will make it make it all up to thee