C
I am just a poor boy
                         Am
Though my story's seldom told
       G
I have squandered my resistance
      G7                               C
For a pocket full of mumbles, Such are promises
              Am
 All lies and jest
        G                 F
Still a man hears what he wants to hear
                   C     G        C
And disregards the rest

When I left my home
And my family
                    Am
I was no more than a boy
       G
In the company of strangers
       G7
In the quiet of the railway station
C
Running scared
        Am
 Laying low
        G              F
Seeking out the poorer quarters
                        C
Where the ragged people go
        G
Looking for the places
F    Em   Dm    C
Only they would know

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

Asking only workman's wages
                     Am
I come looking for a job
             G
But I get no offers
       G7
Just a come-on from the whores
           C
On Seventh Avenue
        Am
 I do declare
           G                F
There were times when I was so lonesome
                    C
I took some comfort there
       G                  C
Ooo-la-la la-la la-la

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
                  Am
And wishing I was gone
      G
Going home
           G7
 Where the New York City winters
       C
Aren't bleeding me
         Em   Am
 Leading me - e
       G        C
 Going home

       C
In the clearing stands a boxer
                     Am
And a fighter by his trade
       G
And he carries the reminders
   G7
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
C                     
Or cut him till he cried out
                     Am
In his anger and his shame

      G             F
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
                        C     G  G7  C
But the fighter still remains

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