Like a bird, like a bird on a wire Like a drunk, in a midnight choir I have tried, in my way to be free Like a worm, like a worm on a hook Like a man, in an old fashioned book I have saved, all my ribbons for you
If I’ve… If I’ve been unkind Then I hope, you’ll just let it pass on by Like a baby, like a baby still born Like a beast, like a beast with its horns I have torn everyone that reached out for me
And I saw a beggar, he was leanin’ on his wooden crutch Then he said to me, “Tom, don’t you ask for so much”
Like a bird, like a bird on a wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I have tried in my way to be free