Johnny Cash — Bird on a Wire

Like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free Like a fish on a hook Like a knight in some old-fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee And if I have been unkind I just hope that you will let it go by And 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 By all that I have done wrong I'll make it all up to thee I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch He called out to me, "Don't ask for so much" And a young woman leaning in her darkened door 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