I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
GI have squandered my resistance
CFor a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear
C G CAnd disregards the rest
AmWhen I left my home and family I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
Dm7 CIn the quiet of a railway station running scared
Am G FLaying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
AmLie-la-lie
GLie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
G F G CLie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
AmAsking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Dm7 CJust a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue
Am Dm7 G F CI do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there
Ooo-la-la la la la la
Lie-la-lie
GLie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
AmLie la lie
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
G7 C AmAnd wishing I was gone
G Dm7 G7 G CGoing home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Leading me
GGoing Home
C AmIn the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
G7 C Dm7 G7 COf ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out
AmIn his anger and his shame
"I am Leaving, I am Leaving." But the Fighter still remains
Am
Lie-la-lie
GLie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
G F AmLie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
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