Leonard Cohen - Bird on the Wire (Live in London)

[00:00.08] like a bird on a wire [00:31.99] like a drunk in a midnight choir [00:38.05] I have tried in my way to be free [00:49.94] like a worm on the hook [00:56.04] like a knight from some old-fashioned book [01:02.44] I have saved all my ribbons for thee [01:13.94] and if I have been unkind [01:18.58] I hope that you will just let it go by [01:28.84] and if I have been untrue [01:50.11] I hope you know it was never to you [03:45.27] like a babe stillborn [03:52.12] like a beast with his horn [03:58.22] I have torn everyone who reached out for me [04:10.34] but I swear by this song [04:16.46] and by all that I have done wrong [04:23.17] I will make it all up to thee [04:34.39] I saw a beggar leaning on his wooden crutch [04:46.78] he said to me "you must not ask for so much" [04:58.23] and the pretty woman leaning in her darkened door [05:10.93] she cried to me "hey, why not ask for more?" [05:25.38] like a bird on the wire [05:32.78] like a drunk in a midnight choir [05:39.10] I have tried in my way to be free [05:55.40]