Bird On A Wire is one of my favorite songs, but it’s not perfect. Lenny got a word wrong, just one.
But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to thee.
The word “thee” is an admission of poetic failure, and the reason God invented crumpling and wastebaskets.
Just one word:
But I swear by this song
And by all that I have done wrong
I will make it all up to me.
Mine’s better.
Let your life proceed by it’s own design.
Thou hast indeed improved it.
What would be wrong with “you”?
I have always been suspicious of Leonard Cohen.
It wouldn’t rhyme.