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C Am I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told G I have squandered my resistance G7 G6 C For a pocket full of mumbles, such are promises Am G F All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear C G7 G6 C And disregards the rest C Am When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy G In the company of strangers G7 G6 C In the quiet of a railway station, running scared Am G F Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters C Where the ragged people go G G7 F C Looking for the places only they would know Chorus: Am Em Am Lie la lie, Lie la lie la lie la lie, Lie la lie, G F C Lie la lie la la la la, lie la la la la lie. C Am Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job G But I get no offers G7 G6 C Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue Am G F I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome C I took some comfort there G F F C Lie lie lie lie la C Am Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone G G7 G6 C Em Goinghome where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me Am G G7 C Leading me, to going home C Am In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade G G7 And he carries a reminder of ev'ry glove that laid him down C Am Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame G F I am leaving, I am leaving C G G7 C But the fighter still remains mmmmm mmmm Chorus
