Words and Music by Stephen Stills from his 1975 album, "Stills."
Recording of the song can be found here:  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Dtmt02oVnqA

[Intro]

        

[Verse 1]

    
I'm out on the

 street
    
All alone by t

he newsstand
     
The lady of le

isure comes

Tearin' by
       
Almost knockin

g me down

[Verse 2]

    
She turns at t

he corner
    
And looking ba

ck
         
Lets her eyes 


send the messa

ge
    
I'm helpless a

lone
    
And I'm goin' 

down

[Bridge]

        
Help me I need

         
 someone gentl

e to love me
        
My life is a m

         
iserable comed

y
   
Of strangers
          
Posing as frie

nds
              
I know they do

        
n't know
            
Who I am



[Chorus]


Hurry it's tim

e to make your

 move boy

Hurry better g

et along with 

it soon boy

Hurry there sh

e goes
              
Hurry she's ou

          
t the door boy
     
You know you c

an win the bat

tle
              
But you can lo

  
se
          
The war

    

Hurry are your

 feet glued to

 the pavement 

boy
     
You know you c

an win the bat

tle
              
But you can lo

  
se
              
You can lose t

          
he war
 
Thought I saw 

a fox I did I 

saw a fox
              
Amidst that se

        
a of pride    

   
        Runnin

g

Let me call a 

hansom cab
            
We'll both get

              
 in and then g

             
o for a ride
          
To nowhere

   


Nothing spoken

 I retreat fin

d the subway t

ake a seat
              
I let myself g

              
et in my way a

              
nd let her get

             
 away

[Verse 3]

           
I got off the 

             
train at the n


ext stop
              
And headed bac

  
k uptown
              
I knew I could

 
 find her
       
She so needed 

a friend

[Verse 4]

           
I found her al

          
one in a doorw


ay
              
The tears in h

   
er eyes
              
Said there's n

            
othing that yo


u can say
  
I just need an

 ending

[Bridge]

  
I gave her a f

lower
    
And got her to

 smile
    
And asked her 

quite frankly
      
Would she not 

prefer
     
A beginning