G5 Bb5 C5 Why can't I lay low G5 Bb5 C5 Why can't I say what I mean G5 Bb5 C5 Why don't I stay home G5 Bb5 C5 E5 And get myself into some boring routine E5 A5 B5 Why can't I calm down E5 A5 B5 Why is it always a fight E5 A5 B5 I can't get unwound E5 A5 D94 G5 F5 Why do I throw myself into the night [ G5 F5 ] x 3 G5 Bb5 C5 I'm on the outside G5 Bb5 C5 I don't fit into the groove G5 Bb5 C5 Now I ain't a bad guy G5 Bb5 C5 E5 So tell me what am I trying to prove E5 A5 B5 Why can't I cool out E5 A5 B5 Why don't I button my lip E5 A5 B5 Why do I lash out E5 A5 D94 D5 Why is it I always shoot from the hip D5 D/2+ I cruise from Houston to canal street D5 Bm7(b5) A misfit and a rebel D5 D/2+ I see the winds talking to themselves D5 Bm7(b5) E/4- And I can understand A5 E5 Why is it every time I go out C5 F#m7(b5) I always seem to get in trouble A5 A5 I guess I made an impression on somebody G5 F5 North of Hester and south of grand [ G5 F5 ] x 3 G5 Bb5 C5 And so in my small way G5 Bb5 C5 I'm a big man on Mulberry street G5 Bb5 C5 I don't mean all day G5 Bb5 C5 E5 Only at night when I'm light on my feet E5 A5 B5 What else have I got E5 A5 B5 That I'd be trying to hide E5 A5 B5 Maybe a blind spot E5 A5 D94 D5 I haven't seen from the sensitive side D5 D/2+ D5 Bm7(b5) D5 D/2+ D5 Bm7(b5) E/4- A5 E5 C5 F#m7(b5) A5 A5 [ G5 F5 ] x 4 G5 Bb5 C5 But you know in my own heart G5 Bb5 C5 I'm a big man on Mulberry street G5 Bb5 C5 I play the whole part G5 Bb5 C5 E5 I leave a big tip with every receipt E5 A5 B5 I'm so romantic E5 A5 B5 I'm such a passionate man E5 A5 B5 Sometimes I panic E5 A5 D94 G5 F5 What if nobody finds out who I am [ G5 F5 ] Repeat and Fade out