Bird On A Wire

by Johnny Cash

From the album: American Recordings

Track 8 of 13 on American Recordings (1994).

Duration: 4:01

American Recordings cover art

Lyrics for Bird On A Wire

Like 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

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