I am just a poor boy and my story's seldom told
I've squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
All lies and jest, still the man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest, hmmmm

When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station, runnin' scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know

Li la li...

Asking only workman's wages, I come lookin' for a job, but I get no offers
Just a comeon from the whores on 7th avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there

Now the years are rolling by me, they are rockin' even me
I am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, that's not unusual
No it isn't strange, after changes upon changes, we are more or less the same
After changes we are more or less the same

Li la li...

And I'm laying out my winter clothes, wishing I was gone, goin' home
Where the new york city winters aren't bleedin' me, leadin' me to go 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
'til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
Yes he still remains

Li la li...

• 7 O'clock News/silent Night
• A Poem on The Underground Wall
• America
• At The Zoo
• Baby Driver
• Bleeker Street
• Blues Run The Game
• Bookends
• Bridge Over Troubled Water
• Bye Bye Love
• Cecilia
• Cloudy
• El Condor Pasa
• Fakin' It
• Feuilles-o
• Flowers Never Bend With The Rainfall
• For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her
• Hazy Shade of Winter
• He Was My Brother
• Hey, Schoolgirl/black Slacks
• Homeward Bound
• Keep The Customer Satisfied
• My Little Town
• Old Friends
• Overs
• Patterns
• Peggy-o
• Punky's Dilemma
• Red Rubber Ball
• Save The Life of My Child
• Scarborough Fair/canticle
• So Long, Frank Lloyd Wright
• Song for The Asking
• Sparrow
• The 59th Street Bridge Song
• The Boxer
• The Dangling Conversation
• The Only Living Boy in New York
• The Sun is Burning
• Wednesday Morning, 3 a. M.
• Why Don't You Write Me