Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my own way to be free Like a worm on a hook Like a knight in some old fashioned book I have saved all my ribbons just for thee If I have ever been unkind Well, I hope that you can just let it go by Yes, if I have been untrue Well, I hope you know it was [???] 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 I swear that all I've done wrong I will make it all up to thee [???] Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my own way to be free Oh how I tried, oh how I tried, oh how I tried Oh how I tried, oh how I tried, oh how I tried Oh how I tried, oh how I tried, oh how I tried Oh how I tried in my own way to be free