Bird On A Wire

D A F#m G like a bird on a wire , like a drunk in a midnight choir D A D i have tried in my way to be free D A F#m G like a fish on a hook , like a knight from some old - fashioned book D A D i have saved all my ribbons for thee G D if i , if i have been unkind Em D i hope that you can just let it go by G D if i , if i have been untrue , Em A 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 and by all that i have done wrong i will make it all up to thee . i saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch he said to me , "you must not ask for so much . " and a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door , she cried to me , "hey , why not ask for more?" D A F#m G like a bird on the wire , like a drunk in a midnight choir D A G D i have tried in my way to be free