<> page <Famous Blue Raincoat: The Songs of Leonard Cohen> album page |
Bird on a WireLike a bird on the 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 from an old fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons for thee. If I have been unkind, I hope that you could just let it go by. And if I have been untrue I hope you know it was never to you. No, no 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 I have done wrong I'll make it all up to you. Yes I will I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, He called out to me, |