Artist: Johnny Cash Album: American Recordings (2006) Title: Bird On A Wire
Lyrics Bird On A WireLike a bird on a 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 in some old fashioned book, I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
And if I, if I have been unkind, I just hope you will let it go by. And if I, if I have been untrue, 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 to me.
But I swear by this song, And by all that I have done wrong, I'll make it all up to thee.
I saw a young man leaning on his wooden crutch. He called out to me, "Don't ask for so much." And a young woman leaning in her darkened door. She cried out to me, "Why not ask for more."
Like a bird on a wire, Like a drunk in a midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free. |