Lyrics Bird On a Wire - Live - Leonard Cohen

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in some old midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free
Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight bent down in some old fashioned book
It was the shape of our love, twisted me

If I have been unkind
If I have been unkind
I hope you can find a way to let it all go right on by
If I have been untrue
If I have been untrue
It was just that I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too

Like a little baby, stillborn
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who reached out for me
But I'll swear by this song
I swear by all that I have done wrong
I will, I will
I will make it all up to thee

I don't cry
Don't cry, don't cry
Don't cry no more
It's over now, don't cry no more
I said don't cry
Don't cry, don't cry
Don't cry no more
It's over, it's finished, it's done now, completely
It's been paid for

Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in an old midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free