Like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I've tried in my way to be free Like a worm on a hook Like a knight in an old fashioned book I've saved all my ribbons for thee And if I, if I've been unkind I hope that you will let it go by And if I, if I've been untrue I hope you know it was never to you So I swear by this song I swear by all I did wrong I will make it I will make it all up to thee Like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I've tried in my way to be free.