Cohen, Leonard - Bird On The Wire Lyrics






Like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a worm on a hook,
like a knight from some old fashioned book
I have saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
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 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?"

Oh like a bird on the wire,
like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.





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  1. n.... ....

    приятно слушать... великий

  2. L.... R....

    I just love Leonard Cohen...que hombre más maravilloso y guapo y su nariz no era un apaga velas sino todo lo contrario.... por dónde iba había luz....

  3. 3.... ....

    I rarely like any cover of a Leonard Cohen song but I do like Johnny Cash's cover of this song.

  4. y.... ....

    Thank you.

  5. s.... t....

    una sola frase piccola ma significativa " UN GRANDE"

  6. �.... �....

    Великий Музыкант ! Царствие Небесное...

  7. S.... G....

    Wow that tenor sax is the most beautiful one I've ever seen. What's the cost of that I wonder?

  8. S.... ....

    Er zieht dich in seinen Bann. Du kannst nicht entkommen. Er ist ein Geschenk. Er berührt die Seelen. Noch immer

  9. s.... l....

    Much love Mr Cohen, that was actually wonderful🥰

  10. m.... f....

    I sit and listen all day to Leonard Cohen with tears in my eyes it's so hurtful that he passed away he had plenty more to givel

  11. l.... l....

    menudo muermo de tio

  12. E.... A....

    This was pure genius. A wonderful gift to mankind.

  13. D.... S....

    I prefer the more lonesome renditions of this song; but this is still quite brilliant.

  14. L.... S....

    Frissons garantis.....magnifique chanson...

  15. B.... E....

    leonard freed us all with his music !!!!!!!!

  16. r.... k....

    No words needed

  17. M.... D....

    Merci...for mankind

  18. K.... O....

    The most epic version of contrition that ever was.

  19. Z.... O....

    ta ovo su neke lale iz londona

  20. K.... O....

    Music can be spiritual without being religious.

  21. m.... P....

    thank you

  22. S.... B....

    I guess when someone reaches the level he was in... They can't ever be happy...

    S.... B....

    Interesting theory.

  23. B.... M....

    Delectable

  24. I.... R....

    Para sempre ... como sol...como lua ! Grande Leonard... mil vezes Grande!!!

  25. G.... N....

    "It was the shape, the shape of our love that twisted me" THESE alternative lyrics have me shook. Leonard Cohen, eternally grateful to your poetry sir #RIP Sculptor of Feelings into Verses

  26. K.... O....

    Thank you, Leonard.

  27. D.... H....

    Extraordinario!

  28. H.... G....

    Merci ! Comment remercier un tel homme, cet ange terrestre, d'avoir vécu à nos côtés tout au long de notre existence ? Quel honneur nous fit cet immense artiste, toute douceur et bonté !

  29. M.... S....

    Cudne wykonanie , balsam dla dla ciała i duszy

  30. s.... f....

    leonard cohen the last danse

  31. N.... H....

    Amazing!!!

  32. J.... V....

    "*poklonio mi je svoj 9 život...

  33. S.... C....

    So true! So real! So Sorry!!!

  34. J.... M....

    Dziękuję bardzo dobry relaks.

  35. S.... H....

    Very much the best version of this that will ever exist.

  36. T.... N....

    sᴏ ᴡᴏɴᴅᴇʀғᴜʟ. ᴛʜᴀɴᴋ ʏᴏᴜ sᴏ ᴍᴜᴄʜ, Lᴇᴏɴᴀʀᴅ Cᴏʜᴇɴ. 🌹💖

    T.... N....

    🌹💖🌹💖

  37. L.... R....

    For me the greatest of all time, just will love you as the most talented bard, minstrel, poet, musician, artist and first and foremost, true human of all time, a gentle soul of light. I think even when this man was being unkind and selfish and human, he never managed to be evil; it was against his nature to be evil. He simply believed in humankind's and nature's ability to defeat destruction and evil in a very humble way, which is truly inspiring even if some of us can't manage to do it. You can tell his momma taught him well to have just a little respect or maybe he taught himself through his experience.

    L.... R....

    I aspire to be half the man, lost in time, lost in meaning,

  38. C.... H....

    Thank you Leonard!!! SUPEEER MUSIC!! WONDERFUL!! 👉❤👈🎤🎤🎤🎵🎶🎵🎶🎵💕💕

  39. K.... J....

    sad leonard

  40. T.... C....

    Thank you so much for uploading this. I've been looking for it forever!