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Monday, May 15, 2006

Bird On The Wire


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.
Leonard Cohn

6 comments:

Veeeva said...

thought u were talking abt Mel Gibson's movie..lol..

then thought its u who wrote the poem... lol again..stupid me.

gamda gdan btw

Muhammad Aladdin said...

LOL!
nah! not Mel Gibson's movie, not my writings, and ya are not stupid! :)
love ya enjoy reading it
:)

Mother Courage said...

muhammad aladdin

when ever i come through your blog i have to high light the space so that i can see what you wrote ... it doesnt appear to me !! is it a technical problem ?

Incomplete said...

رهيبـــــــــة بجد
قريتها يجي 3 مرات..ممتعة فعلاً
:)

Muhammad Aladdin said...

Mother Courage
U are using internet explorer, and that's a very common prb in its dealing with blogs..I don't know actually what's the cure, but to use firefox!
:P :P :P :P :P

ورود
انه الاخ كوهين يااستاذة
:)

أحمد said...

كتبت عن تلك الأغنية قبل ذلك في المدونة
واضح انها مرتبط بناس كتير