Capo fret. 2

[Verse 1]

I am just a po

or boy
             
Though my stor

       
y's seldom tol

d
       
I have squande

red my resista

nce
            
For a pocket f

              
ull of mumbles

          
 such are prom

ises

         
All lies and j

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ests
             
Still a man he

            
ars what he wa

nts to hear
              
And disregards

            
 the rest hmm 

      
hmm hmm hmm

[Verse 2]

When I left my

 home and my f

amily
          
I was no more 

       
than a boy
        
In the company

 of strangers
           
In the quiet o

              
f the railway 

        
station runnin

g scared
       
Laying low, se

             
eking out the 

       
poorer quarter

s
              
Where the ragg

          
ed people go
             
Looking for th

            
e places only 

           
they would kno

w

[Hook]
...               ..... 

Lie la lie ...

[Verse 3]

Asking only wo

rkman's wages
          
I come looking

 
 for a job
             
But I get no o

ffers,
            
Just a come-on

              
 from the whor

             
es on Seventh 

Avenue
       
I do declare, 

             
there were tim

              
es when I was 


so lonesome
              
I took some co

             
mfort there la

               
 la la la.....

...................................

[Hook]
          
Lie la lie ...

      

[Verse 4]

Then I'm layin

g out my winte

r clothes
            
And wishing I 

/  
was gone
      
Going home
            
Where the New 

              
York City wint

           
ers aren't ble

eding me
             
Bleeding me,  

           
            go

             
ing home

In the clearin

g stands a box

er
             
And a fighter 

   
by his trade
       
And he carries

 the reminders
   
Of ev'ry glove

 that layed hi

m down
   
Or cut him til

l he cried out
            
In his anger a

/    
nd his shame
             
"I am leaving,

      
 I am leaving"
             
But the fighte

             
r still remain

        
s

[Hook]
          
Lie la lie ...

        

[Outro] ...................................