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Verse 1
I am just a poor boy, though my
story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles such
are promises
All lies and jest still a man
hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
When I left my home and family I
was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of a railway
station running scared
Laying low seeking out the
poorer quarters where the ragged
people go
Looking for the places only they
would know
Chorus
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la
la lie
Verse 2
Asking only workmans wages I
come looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores
on Seventh Avenue
I do declare there were times
when I was so lonesome I took
some comfort there
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
Interlude
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Extra verse in live versions
Now the years are rolling by me,
they are rocking evenly
And I am older than I once was
And younger than I'll be, that's
not unusual
No, it isn't strange, after
changes upon changes we are more
or less the same
After changes we are more or
less the same
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Chorus
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la
la lie
Verse 3
Then I'm laying out my winter
clothes and wishing I was gone
Going home where the New York
City winters aren't bleeding me
Leading me-e
Going home
In the clearing stands a boxer
and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of ev'ry glove that laid him
down or cut him till he cried
out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
but the fighter still remains
Hm, hm, hm
Chorus
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
G [ Am ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
G [ Am ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
G [ Am ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
G [ Am ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
G [ Am ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
G [ Am ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
G [ Am ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie
Lie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
Lie la lie
G [ C ]
Lie-la la la la la lie la la la la lie
Outro
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