Capo II
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I am just a poor boy, though my story is seldom told.
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I have squandered my resistance,
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For a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises.
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All lies and jest;
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Still, a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest.
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When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy,
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In the company of strangers,
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In the quiet of the railway station, runnin' scared.
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Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters,
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Where the ragged people go.
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Lookin' for the places, only they would know.
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Lie-la-lie
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Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
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Lie la lie
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Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
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Asking only workman's wages I come lookin' for a job,
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But I get no offers,
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Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
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I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome,
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I took some comfort there.
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Lie-la-lie
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Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
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Lie la lie
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Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
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And I'm laying out my winter clothes, and wishing I was gone, goin home
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Where the New York City winters aren't bleedin me, leadin me goin home.
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In the clearing stands a boxer, and a fighter by his trade,
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And he carries the reminders, of every glove that laid him down,
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Or cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his shame,
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"I am leaving, I am leaving."
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But the fighter still remains
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Lie-la-lie
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Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie
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Lie la lie
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Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie 10x
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Lie-la-lie la la la la lie la la la la lie
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