Like a bird on the wire
Like a [bad word] 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 [bad word] 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 [bad word] 
But I swear by this song
And by all that I've done wrong
I will make it all up to thee

Unkind, [bad word] It was never to you