CI am just a poor boy though my stoC/Bry's selAmdom told
I have Gsquandered my reG7sistance for a G6pocketCful of mumbles such are promises
C/BAll lies and Amjest still a Gman hears what he Fwants to hear
And disCregards the Grest C
CWhen I left my home and my family I was C/Bno more than a Amboy
In the Gcompany of strangers
In the G7quiet of a G6railway staCtion running scared
C/BLaying Amlow seeking Gout the poorer quarters Fwhere the ragged people Cgo
GLooking for the Fplaces onGly they would Cknow
AmLie-la-lie
EmLie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
AmLie la lie
GLie-la-la-la-la-la-Flie la la la la Clie
CAsking only workman's wages I come C/Blooking for a Amjob
But I Gget no offers
G7Just a G6come-on from the whores on Cseventh avenue
C/BI do deAmclare there were times when I was so Glonesome
I took some Fcomfort Cthere
GOoo-la-la Cla la la la
AmLie-la-lie
EmLie-la-la-la-la lie-la-lie
AmLie la lie
GLie-la-la-la-la-la-Flie la la la la Clie
CThen I'm laying out my winter clothes and Amwishing I was gone
GGoing home where the New G7York
