I AM JUST A POOR BOY
THOUGH MY STORY'S
SELDOM TOLD
I HAVE SQUANDERED
MY RESISTANCE
FOR A POCKETFUL
OF MUMBLES
SUCH ARE PROMISES
ALL LIES AND JEST
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
IN THE COMPANY
OF STRANGERS
IN THE QUIET OF
A RAILWAY STATION
RUNNING SCARED
LAYING LOW
SEEKING OUT
THE POORER QUARTERS
WHERE THE RAGGED
PEOPLE GO
LOOKING FOR
THE PLACES
ONLY THEY WOULD KNOW
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ASKING ONLY
WORKMAN'S WAGES
I COME LOOKING
FOR A JOB
BUT I GET NO OFFERS
JUST A COME-ON
FROM THE WHORES
ON SEVENTH AVENUE
I DO DECLARE
THERE WERE TIMES
WHEN I WAS
SO LONESOME
I TOOK SOME
COMFORT THERE
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THEN I'M LAYING OUT
MY WINTER CLOTHES
AND WISHING I WAS GONE
GOING HOME
WHERE THE
NEW YORK CITY WINTERS
AREN'T BLEEDING ME
LEADING ME
GOING HOME
IN THE CLEARING
STANDS A BOXER
AND A FIGHTER
BY HIS TRADE
AND HE CARRIES
THE REMINDERS
OF EVERY GLOVE
THAT LAID HIM DOWN
OR CUT HIM
TILL HE CRIED OUT
IN HIS ANGER
AND HIS SHAME
I AM LEAVING
I AM LEAVING
BUT THE FIGHTER
STILL REMAINS
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