[Verse 1]
D A C G D
When I got to New York City I was looking for another side of life
D A C G D
And my feet were so damned calloused I could probably walk the edges of a knife
Bm A C G D A
My mistakes had often led me to believe I’d never find an open door
D A C G D
now I’m busted flat and broken and I don’t know what the hell I’m waiting for

[Verse 2]
D A C G D
Some could see that I was stumbling and a couple even stopped to lend a hand
D A C G D
Most would pass me by and ridicule and failed to recognize a fellow man
Bm A C G D A
Now the wind is growing bitter and the leaves begin to die and start to fall
D A C G D
And I wonder if next summer I will even be around this place at all

[Chorus]
A G D
If I could go back to the days when I was young
A G D
I’d travel the whole world over and then some
Bm A C G D A
And I’d come back to you with an everlasting Lily in my hand
A C G D
And I’d show the world just what it means to me for me to get to be your man

[Verse 3]
D A C G D
On the edges of a fading afternoon I heard a voice within my head
D A C G D
And the echoes of forgotten words from all the dusty books I have not read
Bm A C G D A
And I wondered if by chance I should have listened back to what they said in school
D A C G D
It occurred to me I might have been the class clown then but now I’m just a fool

[Chorus]
A G D
If I could go back to the days when I was young
A G D
I’d travel the whole world over and then some
Bm A C G D A
And I’d come back to you with an everlasting Lily in my hand
A C G D
And I’d show the world just what it means to me for me to get to be your man
A C G D
And I’d show the world just what it means to me for me to get to be your man