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_ I am just a poor boy, though my
Abm story's seldom told.
I
Gb have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles
B such are promises.
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Gb.
Abm lies and chess,
Gb still the man
E hears what he wants to hear and
Gb disregards the
B rest.
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When I left my home and my family, I was
Gb no more
Abm than a boy
Gb in the company of strangers.
In the quiet of the railway
B station, running scared.
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Gb.
Abm They ain't no
Gb seeking out the
E poor quarters where the ragged
B people go.
Looking
Gb for the
E places only
B they would know.
Abm Lie, lie, lie, _ lie, lie,
Ebm _ .
lie, lie, lie,
Abm lie, lie,
Gb lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie, lie,
B lie, lie, lie, _ _ _ _ lie, lie.
Asking only workers' wages, I come
Gb looking
Abm for a job but
Gb I get no offers.
_ Just to come home from the whores on Seventh
B Avenue _ _ .
Gb I do
Abm declare there
Gb were times when I
E was so lonesome I took some
B comfort in la
Gb la la la.
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Then
Gb _ _ _
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I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing
Gb I
Abm was gone going
Gb home.
Where the New York City winters
B aren't bleeding me,
Ebm _ _ bleeding _ .
Abm me, going
Gb home _ _ .
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_ In the clearing stands a boxer and a
Gb fighter
Abm by his trade.
Gb And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him
B down.
A cup tempted he cried out in his
Gb anger
Abm and his shame.
Gb I am leaving,
E I am leaving but the fighter
Gb still remains.
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Abm la _ la la
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la la la
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la la
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Ebm la la la la la
Abm la la
Gb la.
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How do you do.
Bye.
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