P. Simon Right for the Time INTRO: C C C/B Am I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told G C I have squandered my resistence for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises C/B Am G F C C All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest C C/B Am When I left my home and family I was no more than a boy G C In the company of strangers in the quiet of a railway station' runnin' scared C/B Am G F C Layin' low, seeking out the poorer quarters were the ragged people go G F C Looking for the places only they would know SOLO Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for a job But I get no offers, just a come on from the w***es on 7th Avenue I do declare, there were some times I was so lonesome I took some comfort there SOLO 2 C C/B Am In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade G And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down C C/B Am And cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his shame G F C I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains OUTRO