Like a bird on the wire Like a drunk in a midnight choir I've 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