Leonard Cohen - Bird On The Wire: lyrics and video
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userAn amazing version I never heard before. Slightly different lyrics, too.
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Kris Kristofferson wants a line from this song as his epitath on his tombstone. Now that's a tribute!
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I only just discovered this guy! where have I been? First time I heard this song it was the Jonny Cash version.
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fFor the past 30 years this song has been ted one I have asked my family to play at my death death. It is the soul-synthysis of my true, free self - his music has sustained me since I was a precocious 15 year old. Praise whatever it is there is to praise....
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Demasiado ritmo para mi. Me gustan más lentas.
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cohen looks like al pacino in donnie brasco, great song....prefer the cash version though
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I feel his magic!
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Such a fantastic song
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this song continues to be a blessing in my days.
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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
Oh, 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
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
Oh, 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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