C
I am just a poor boy
Am
Though my story's seldom told
G
I have squandered my resistance
G7
G6
C
For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
Am
All lies and jests
G
F
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
C
And disregards the rest
C
When I left my home and my family
C
G
Am
I was no more than a boy
G
In the company of strangers
G7
G6
C
In the quiet of the railway station running scared
Am
G
F
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
C
Where the ragged people go
G
F
C
Looking for the places only they would know
Am
Lie-la-lie
G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Am
Lie la lie
F
G
C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
C
Asking only workman's wages
C
G
Am
I come looking for a job
G
But I get no offers,
G7
G6
C
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
Am
G
F
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
C
I took some comfort there
C
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
C
G
Am
And wishing I was gone
G
Going home
G7
G6
C
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Am
G
Bleeding me, going home
Am
Lie-la-lie
G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Am
Lie la lie
F
C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
C
In the clearing stands a boxer
C
G
Am
And a fighter by his trade
G
And he carries the reminders
G7
G6
Of ev'ry glove that layed him down
C
Or cut him till he cried out
G
Am
In his anger and his shame
G
F
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
C
But the fighter still remains
Am
Lie-la-lie
G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Am
Lie la lie
F
Am
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
G
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
Am
Lie la lie
F
C
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie