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Leonard Cohen - Bird On The Wire Live In London Lyrics

[Verse 1: Leonard Cohen]
Like a bird on a wire
Like a drunk in an old midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free

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

If I have been unkind, oh, 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, if I have been untrue
It's just that I thought a liar— I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too

[Guitar solo]
(Bob Metzger on the Guitar)

[Saxophone solo]
(Dino Soldo on the Saxophone)

[Verse 3: Leonard Cohen, All]
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
I, I swear by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all, all up to thee
I saw this beggar, he was leaning on his wooden crutch
He said to me, "Leonard, you just can't ask for all that much"
A pretty woman, standing in her darkened door
She cries out to me, "Hey, why not ask for just a little bit more?"

[Outro: Leonard Cohen]
Like a bird on the wire
Like a drunk in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free

(Thanks so much)