Cm9  Bbmaj9  Abmaj7  Gm7  F

[Verse 1]

    Cm7
I'm out on the street
    Bbmaj7
All alone by the newsstand
     Abmaj7
The lady of leisure comes
Gm9
Tearin' by
       F
Almost knocking me down

[Verse 2]

    Cm7
She turns at the corner
    Bbmaj7
And looking back
         Abmaj7
Lets her eyes send the message
    Gm9
I'm helpless alone
    F
And I'm goin' down

[Bridge]

Abmaj9                 Gm9
Help me I need someone gentle to love me
   Abmaj9              Gm9
My life is a miserable comedy
   Eb
Of strangers
          Dm7
Posing as friends
                      Ab
I know they don't know
   F      C   F
Who I am

[Chorus]

C
Hurry it's time to make your move boy
C
Hurry better get along with it soon boy
F
Hurry there she goes
                        C
Hurry she's out the door boy
     G7
You know you can win the battle
                F7
But you can lose
       C   Bb/C  C  Bb/C
The war
C
Hurry are your feet glued to the pavement boy
     G7
You know you can win the battle
                F7
But you can lose
                    C  Gm7  C
You can lose the war
 Bb/F
Thought I saw a fox I did I saw a fox
                    Cm7  Gm7  Bbm7 Cm7
Amidst that sea of pride            Running
Bb/F
Let me call a hansom cab
      Bb                             Cm7  Gm7  Cm7
We'll both get in and then go for a ride
      F    Cm7   F
To nowhere

Bb/F
Nothing spoken I retreat find the subway take a seat
                                               Cm9  Bb  Abmaj7  Gm7  F
I let myself get in my way and let her get away

[Verse 3]

  Cm7                      Bbmaj7
I got off the train at the next stop
                Abmaj7
And headed back uptown
               Gm9
I knew I could find her
       F
She so needed a friend

[Verse 4]

  Cm7                   Bbmaj7
I found her alone in a doorway
                 Abmaj7
The tears in her eyes
                          Gm9
Said there's nothing that you can say
  F
I just need an ending

[Bridge]

  Amaj9
I gave her a flower
    Gm9
And got her to smile
    Abmaj9
And asked her quite frankly
      Gm9
Would she not prefer
     F
A beginning