[90] 91. Fairport Convention - Bird On A Wire

[1990] 91. Fairport Convention - Bird On A Wire

Fairport Convention - Heyday: BBC Radio Sessions 1968-1969 ('87, Live) 

1. Close the Door Lightly When You Go [2:56]
2. I Don't Know Where I Stand [3:40]
3. Some Sweet Day [2:18]
4. Reno Nevada [2:18]
5. Suzanne [5:27]
6. If It Feels So Good, You Know It Can't Be Wrong [3:12]
7. I Still Miss Someone [2:37]
8. Bird On A Wire (Leonard Cohen cover) [2:36]
9. Gone, Gone, Gone [2:10]
10. Tried So Hard [2:48]
11. Shattering Live Experience [3:19]
12. Percy's Song [5:34]

Ian Matthews - Vocals
Sandy Denny - Vocals
Richard Thompson - Vocals, Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Organ
Simon Nicol - Electric & Acoustic Guitars, Electric Dulcimer
Ashley Hutchings - Bass Guitar, Backing Vocals
Martin Lamble - Drums

8. 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.