[00:06.03]I am just a poor boy
[00:07.90]Though my story's seldom told
[00:10.35]I have squandered my resistance
[00:13.29]For a pocketful of mumbles
[00:15.87]Such are promises
[00:19.32]All lies and jest
[00:20.92]Still a man hears what he wants to hear
[00:24.01]And disregards the rest
[00:26.22]Mmm
[00:29.93]Mmm
[00:35.76]When I left my home
[00:37.19]And my family
[00:38.46]I was no more than a boy
[00:40.70]In the company of strangers'
[00:43.64]In the quiet of the railway station
[00:46.59]Running scared
[00:50.03]Laying low
[00:51.30]Seeking out the poorer quarters
[00:53.93]Where the ragged people go
[00:56.47]Looking for the places
[00:58.62]Only they would know
[01:01.75]Lie-la-lie
[01:10.51]Lie-la-lie
[01:17.76]Asking only workman's wages
[01:20.51]I come looking for a job
[01:22.63]But I get no offers
[01:25.91]Just a come-on from the whores
[01:27.78]On Seventh Avenue
[01:32.00]I do declare
[01:33.58]There were times
[01:34.67]When I was so lonesome
[01:36.38]I took some comfort there
[01:38.92]Lie-la-lie
[02:11.96]Then I'm laying out
[02:13.26]My winter clothes
[02:14.78]And wishing I was gone
[02:16.88]Going home
[02:20.10]Where the New York City winters
[02:22.33]Aren't bleeding me
[02:26.33]Leading me
[02:30.41]Going home
[02:39.68]In the clearing stands a boxer
[02:42.13]And a fighter by his trade
[02:44.56]And he carries the reminders
[02:47.65]Of every glove that laid him down
[02:50.31]Or cut him till he cried out
[02:53.00]In his anger and his shame
[02:55.33]"I am leaving' I am leaving "
[02:57.82]But the fighter still remains
[03:00.47]Mmm
[03:06.98]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie
[03:32.97]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie