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שלוש שורות (פחות ידועות מאחרות) בשירו של ליאונרד כהן "כמו ציפור". השיר הוקלט לראשונה ב-1968, בנשוויל, על-ידי ג'ודי קולינס, בסגנון "קאונטרי". בנוסף לביצועים הרבים של כהן עצמו, כדאי לשמוע גם את פרשנויותיהם של ג'והני קש וג'ו קוקר.
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Kike a Bird
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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.
