Leonard Cohen - Bird on the Wire (1979) - Trailer (Music, Doicumentary) - video Dailymotion

Leonard Cohen - Bird on the Wire (1979) - Trailer (Music, Doicumentary)

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00:00Like a bird on the wire, like a drunk in some old midnight choir, I have tried in my way to be free.

00:30Like a worm on a hook, like a moth bending over the book, it was the shape, the shape of our love twisting me.

00:53If I, if I have been unkind, I hope you can just let it all go right on by.

01:20If I, if I have been untrue, it's just that I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too.

01:50If I, if I have been untrue, it's just that I thought a lover had to be some kind of liar too.

02:12If I, if I have been unkind, I hope you can just let it all go right on by.

02:36If I, if I have been untrue, I hope that you know by now my love, it was never to you.

02:59Like a little baby stillborn, like a beast with his horn, I have torn everyone who reached out for me.

03:29But I swear, I swear by this song, I swear by all that I have done wrong, I will make it all, all up to you.

03:55I saw a beggar, he was standing there on his wooden cross.

04:05I says to me, you must not ask for so much.

04:18A pretty woman, a leaf in her darkened door.

04:28She cries out to me, hey why not ask for just a little bit more.

04:43Like a bird on the wire, like a drum in some old midnight choir,

05:00I have tried in my way to be free.