Bird On The Wire

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Like a drunk in a midnight choir  
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I have tried in my way to be free 
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Like a worm on a hook  
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Like a knight from some old fashioned book  
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I have saved all my ribbons for thee  
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If I, if I have been unkind,  
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I hope that you can just let it go by  
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If I, if I have been untrue  
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I hope you know it was never to you  
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Oh Like a baby, stillborn  
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Like a beast with his horn  
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I have torn everyone who reached out for me  
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But I swear by this song  
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And by all that I have done wrong  
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I will make it all up to thee  
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I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch  
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He said to me, you must not ask for so much.  
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And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door  
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She cried to me, hey, why not ask for more  
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Oh like a bird on the wire,  
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Like a drunk in a midnight choir  
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I have tried in my way to be free.