Judy Collins - Bird on the wire

Like a bird, on the ^Dwire, like a ^Gdrunk in a midnight ^Cchoir I have ^Gtried in my ^Dways to be ^Gfree Like a fish, on a ^Dhook, like a ^Gknight in some old fashioned ^Cbook I have ^Gsaved all my ^Dribbons for ^Gthee

And if ^CI, if I have been u^Gnkind I just ^Amhope you, will let it go ^Gby And if ^CI, if I have been u^Gntrue I just ^Amhope you know, it was never to ^Dyou

Like a ^Gbaby, still^Dborn, like a ^Gbeast with his ^Chorn I have ^Gtorn every^Done who reached out to ^Gme But I swear, by this ^Dsong, and by ^Gall that I have done ^Cwrong ^GI'll make it ^Dall up to ^Gthee

I saw a ^Cyoung man, leaning on his wooden^G crutch He called ^Amout to me, "Don't ask for so ^Gmuch" And a ^Cyoung woman, leaning in her darkened ^Gdoor She cried ^Amout to me, "Hey, why not ask for ^Dmore"

Like a ^Gbird, on the ^Dwire, like a ^Gdrunk in a midnight ^Cchoir I have ^Gtried in my ^Dways to be ^Cfree ^G