[Verse]
B G#m
I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told
F#
I have squandered my resistance
E B
For a pocketful of mumbles such are promises
G#m F# E
All lies and jest still a man hears what he wants to hear
B F# E F# B
And disregards the rest
G#m
When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy
F#
In the company of strangers
E B
In the quiet of a railway station running scared
G#m F# E B
Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
F# E F# B
Looking for the places only they would know
[Interlude]
G#m
Lie-la-lie
F#
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
G#m
Lie la lie
F# F# B
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
[Verse]
G#m
Asking only workmans wages I come looking for a job
F#
But I get no offers
E B
Just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue
G#m F# E B
I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome I took some comfort there
[Interlude]
F# E F# B
Do da do do do do da do
G#m
Lie-la-lie
D#m
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
G#m
Lie la lie
F# F# B
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
[Verse]
B
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
G#m
And wishing I was gone
F# E B
Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
G#m
Leading me
F#
Going Home
B G#m
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
F#
And he carries the reminders
F# B
Of ev'ry glove that laid him down or cut him 'till he cried out
G#m
In his anger and his shame
F# E B
"I am Leaving, I am Leaving." But the Fighter still remains
F# E F# B
Do da do do do do da do
[Interlude]
G#m
Lie-la-lie
F#
Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
G#m
Lie la lie
F# G#m
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
F# G#m
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
F# B
Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie