Leonard Cohen sings 'Bird On The Wire' at the ZDF Studios in Munich October 31, 1979. Spanish subtitles (optional).
Musicians: The musicians who toured with Leonard Cohen in 1979 follow:
The Backup Singers: Sharon Robinson, Jennifer Warnes.
The Band: Roscoe Beck - bass guitar, John Bilezikjian - oud, mandolin, Bill Ginn - keyboards, Raffi Hakopian - violin, Steve Meador - drums, Paul Ostermayer - wind, Mitch Watkins - electric guitar.
Lyrics:
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 monk bending over the book
It was the shape, the shape of our love twisted me.
If I, if I have been unkind
I hope that you can just let it go right on by
If I, if I have been untrue
It's just I thought a lover
had to be some kind of liar too.
If I, if I have been unkind
I hope that you can just let it go right on by
If I, if I have been untrue
I hope that you know by now, my love
It was never to you.
Like a little 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
9 янв 2017
