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Cohen's Bird On A Wire by Neville Bros

Like a bird on the wire,
Like a (1)__________ in a midnight choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Like a (2)________ on a hook,
Like a knight from some old fashioned book
I (3)________ saved all my ribbons for thee.
If I, if I have been unkind,
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.

Like a baby, stillborn,
Like a beast with his horn
I have torn everyone who (4)______________ out for me.
But I swear by (5)________ song
And by all (6)________ I (7)________ done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
I saw a (8)____________ leaning on his wooden crutch,
He said to me, "You must not ask for so much."
And a pretty woman leaning in her darkened door,
She cried to me, "Hey, why not ask for more?"

Oh like a bird on the wire,
Like a drunk in a (9)________________ choir
I have tried in my way to be free.
Answers:
(1) drunk(2) worm(3) have(4) reached(5) this(6) that(7) have(8) beggar(9) midnight