Bird On A Wire

Like a bird on the wire, 
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Like a drunk in a midnight choir 
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I have tried in my way to be free. 
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Like a worm on a hook, 
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Like a knight from some old fashioned book 
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I have saved all my ribbons for thee. 
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       If I, if I have been unkind, 
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        I hope that you can just let it go by. 
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        If I, if I have been untrue 
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        I hope you know it was never to you. 
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Oh Like a baby, stillborn, 
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Like a beast with his horn 
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I have torn everyone who reached out for me. 
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But I swear by this song 
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And by all that I have done wrong 
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I will make it all up to thee. 
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      I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch, 
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      He said to me, you must not ask for so much. 
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      And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door, 
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      She cried to me, hey, why not ask for more? 
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Oh like a bird on the wire, 
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Like a drunk in a midnight choir 
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I have tried in my way to be free. 
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