Like a bird on the wire

Like a drunk in a midnight choir

I have tried in my way to be free

Like a worm on a hook

Like a knight from some old fashioned book

I have saved all my ribbons for thee

If I've been unkind

Please just let it go by

If I've been untrue

It was never to you

Like a baby, stillborn

Like a beast with his horn

I've torn everyone who reached out for me

If I've been unkind

If I've been untrue

But I swear by this song

And by all that I've done wrong

I will make it all up to thee

... unkind

... untrue

It was never to you