C
When I left my home and my family
Am
I was no more than a boy
G
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the ralway station
C Am
Running scared. Laying low
G F
Seeking out the poorer quarters
C
Where the ragged people go
G
looking for the places
F G C
only they would know
Am Em Am
Lai... lai... lau... lai...lai...lai...lai...lai...
G C
lai...lai... lai...lai...
C
Asking only workman wages
Am
I come looking for a job
G
but I get no offers.
Just a come on
C
From the hores on 7th avenue
Am G
I do declare there were times
F
when I was so lonesome
C
I took some confort there.
G C
(**Coro**) Lai...la....lai...
C
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
Am G
and wishing I was gone. Going home
Where the New York city winter's
C Em
aren't bleeding me, leading me
G
going home.
C
In the clearing stands a boxer
Am
and a fighter by this trade
G
and he carries the reminders
of every glove the laid hin down
C
Or cut him till he cried out in his anger
Am G F
And hes shame, I am leaving, I am leaving
C G C
But the fighter sitll remains.
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