Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in an old midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free

Like a worm on a hook
Like a knight bent down in some old-fashioned book
It was the shape of our love that twisted me

If I have been unkind
I hope you can find a way
To let it all go right on by

If I have been untrue
It's just that I thought a lover
Had to be some kind of liar too

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

Don't cry, don't cry, don't cry no more
It's over now, it's over babe, don't cry no more
I say don't cry, don't cry, don't cry anymore
It' over. It's finished. It's completed. It has been paid for
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in some old midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free