Leonard Cohen — Bird on the Wire Live in Dublin

Like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in some old midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free Like a worm on the hook Like a knight bent down in some old-fashioned book It was the shape of our love that twisted me If I have been unkind I hope that you can find a way to let it all go by And if I have been untrue It's just that I thought a lover Has to be some kind of liar too Like a little babe stillborn Like a beast with his horn I have torn everyone who reached out for me But I swear by this song I swear by all that I have done wrong I will make it all up to thee I saw this beggar, he was leaning on his wooden crutch He says to me: "Come on Leonard, you just can't ask for all that much" And a pretty woman, she was standing in her darkened door She says to me: "Hey, why not ask for just a little bit more?" Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in some old midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free