作曲 : Leonard Cohen
 作词 : Leonard Cohen
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,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  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.
I  saw  a  beggar  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  midnight  choir  i  have  tried  in  my  way  to  be  free.x.x.