Like A Bird, 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, Like Worm On A Hook,

Like A Knight In An Old Fashioned Book

I Have Saved All My Ribbons For You.



And If I, If I've Been Unkind,

Then I Hope That You Just Let It Pass On By.



Like A Baby, Like A Baby Stillborn,

Like A Beast With His Horn

I Have Torn Everyone Who Reached Out For Me.



And I Saw A Beggar He Was Leaning On His Wooden Crutch,

Then He Said To Me "Tom, Don't You Ask For So Much."



Like A Bird, Like A Bird On A Wire,

Like A Drunk In A Midnight Choir

I Have Tried In My Way To Be Free.