Like a bird on the 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 penned down in some old fashioned book
It was the shape of an old love that twisted me
If I have been unkind  if I have been unkind
I hope that you can find a way to let all go right on by
If I have been untrue  if I have been untrue
It's just  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 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  oh  don't cry  don't cry  don't cry anymore
It's over now  don't cry
I say  don't cry  don't cry  don't cry  don't cry  anymore
It's over  it's done now  it has been paid for
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in some midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free