C                                                Am 
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told 
           G 
I have squandered my resistance  
                      C 
For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises 
             Am            G                  F 
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear  
                    C      G    C 
And disregards the rest 
                                                     Am 
When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy 
         G 
In the company of strangers 
        Dm7        C 
In the quiet of a railway station running scared 
       Am           G                F 
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go 
         G              F    Em   Dm    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 
G                       F           G   C 
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 
                                                 Am 
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job 
                G 
But I get no offers 
         Dm7              C 
Just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue 
        Am                 Dm7     G     F                                 C 
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there 
        G               C 
Ooo-la-la la la la la 
 

        Am 
Lie-la-lie 
        G 
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie 
        Am 
Lie la lie 
G                       F           G   C 
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 
 

C 
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes 
G7  C              Am 
And wishing I was gone  
       G             Dm7      G7               G  C 
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me 
            Am 
Leading me 
        G 
Going Home 
       C                                            Am 
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade 
          G 
And he carries the reminders  
    G7               C                        Dm7     G7        C 
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out 
                        Am 
In his anger and his shame 
        G              F                              C 
"I am Leaving, I am Leaving."  But the Fighter still remains 
 

G C  G      F      C 
 
        Am 
Lie-la-lie 
        G 
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie 
        Am 
Lie la lie 
 G                        F             Am 
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 
 
 
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