Intro: C C Am I am just a poor boy, though my storyʼs 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 C Am When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy G In the company of strangers C In the quiet of a railway station running scared Am G Laying low seeking out the poorer F C quarters where the ragged people go G F C Looking for the places only they would know Chorus: Am Lie-la-lie Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G C Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie C Am Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job G But I get no offers C Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue Am G I do declare there were times when F C I was so lonesome I took some comfort there G C La-la-la-la-la-la-la Instrumental: C Am G C Am G F C G C Chorus: Am Lie-la-lie Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G C Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie C Am Then Iʼm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone C Going home where the New York City winters arenʼt bleeding me Em Am Leading me-e G C Going home C Am In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade G And he carries the reminders C Of evʼry 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 F C Hm, hm, hm Chorus: Am Lie-la-lie Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G Am Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G Am Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G Am Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie Em Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie Am Lie la lie G Am Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie
