[90] 90. Tim Hardin - Bird On A Wire

[1990] 90. Tim Hardin - Bird On A Wire

Tim Hardin - Bird On A Wire ('71, 6th) 

1. Bird on a Wire (Leonard Cohen cover) [5:29]
2. Moonshiner Hardin [3:15]
3. Southern Butterfly Hardin [2:53]
4. A Satisfield Mind Hayes, Rhodes [2:07]
5. Soft Summer Breeze Hardin [2:59]
6. Hoboin' Hardin, Hooker, Josea [3:28]
7. Georgia on My Mind Carmichael, Gorrell [4:33]
8. Andre Johray Hardin [2:50]
9. If I Knew Hardin [3:55]
10. Love Hymn Hardin [4:37]

Tim Hardin - vocal
Warren Bernhardt, Joe Zawinul, Bill Chelf, Paul Hornsby - keyboards
Tim Hardin, Joe Rudd, Sam Brown, Ralph Towner, Monte Dunn, Ed Freeman - guitar
Tony Levin, Robert Popwell, Glen Moore, Miroslav Vitous, Robbie Rothstein - bass
Alphonse Mouzon, Bill Stewart, Steve Haas, Natoga, Ralph MacDonald, Robert Popwell - drums, percussion
Mike Mainieri, Collin Walcott - vibes
Richard Bock, George Ricci - cello
Margaret Ross - harp
Bill Keith - pedal steel
The Canby Singers - background vocal

1. Bird on a 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 Iif I have been unkind
I hope that you can just let it go by.
If Iif I have been untrue
I hope you know it was never to you.
Like a babystillborn
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'Heywhy 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.