lyrics first word starts on second note of piece

[Chip Wiegand]

 I am having an issue with getting a lyric to align the first word to 
the first note of the piece. I have even commented out all the lyrics 
except the first two words of the two stanzas, but only the first word 
of each stanza appears and it is under the second note of the piece. I 
have included the code for the song below.
Regards,
Chip W

code for the song so far -

% LilyPond
\include "english.ly"
\version "2.12.3"
\header{
    title = "Chatroom Girl"
    composer = "Music and Lyrics by Chip Wiegand"
}

global = {
  #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 1 4 'Staff)
  #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 2 4 'Staff)
  #(override-auto-beam-setting '(end 1 8 * *) 3 4 'Staff)
  \override MultiMeasureRest #'expand-limit = 1
  \set Score.skipBars = ##t
}

tagline = \markup {
      \simple #(strftime "%b %d, %Y" (localtime (current-time)))
       \with-url #"http://lilypond.org/web/";
      { Engraved with LilyPond \simple #(lilypond-version) 
(http://lilypond.org/) Copyright 2010 Chip Wiegand}
}

\paper {
top-margin = 1.00\cm
page-top-space = 1.00\cm
ragged-bottom = ##t
left-margin = 25\mm
line-width = 170\mm
}

staffMelody =
\relative c'' {
\global
    \clef treble
    \key g \major
    \time 4/4
    \tempo 4 = 120

    g8 g  %{g a16 b c8 c d e
    d4 c b a
    g8 g a b c c d e
    d8 d c4 b a
    g8 g16 g a8 b c c d e
    d4 c b8 b a4
    g8 g  g a16 b c8 c d e
    d4 c8 c b4 a~
    a2. r4 \bar "||"

%    [chorus]
    c4^"Chorus" c16 c c c~ c4 b8 c
    d8 e~ e d~ d4 r8 c
    b8 b b4 b8 a b a
    c8 c d c~ c4 r
    c4 c16 c c c~ c4 b8 c
    d8 e~ e d~ d4 r8 c
    b8 b b4 b8 a b a
    c8 c d c~ c4 r
    c4 c16 c c c~ c4 b8 c
    d8 e~ e d~ d4 r
    \times 2/3 {b4 b b b a b}
    c2. c4
    c1
    d4 d2.
    g,2. r4

    g8 g  g a16 b c8 c d e
    d4 c b a
    g8 g a b c c d e
    d8 d c4 b a
    g8 g16 g a8 b c c d e
    d4 c b8 b a4
    g8 g  g a16 b c8 c d e
    d4 c8 c b4 a~
    a2. r4 \bar "||" %}
  }

  theChords = \chordmode { g2 %{c2 d1
             g2 c2 d1
             g2 c2 d1
             g2 c2 d1 d1
             %chorus
             c1 d1 g1 c1
             c1 d1 g1 c1
             c1 d1 g1 c1
             c1 d1
             g2 c2 d2 g2

             g2 c2 d1
             g2 c2 d1
             g2 c2 d1
             g2 c2 d1 d1
             %chorus
             c1 d1 g1 c1 c1
             c1 d1 g1 c1 c1 %}
}

verseI = \lyricmode {
  \set stanza = #"1. "
  Are you %{just my im -- ag -- in -- a -- tion?
  Or are you real?
  I want to be -- lieve and trust you,
  What does my heart feel?

  We've ne -- ver met ex -- cept in chat -- ting,
  Time keeps slip -- ping by.
  Can we meet face to face and eye to
  eye want to say hi!

  %Chorus
  I've fal -- len in love with a
  chat -- room girl.
  She says she lives on the oth -- er
  side of the world.
  I've fal -- len in love with a
  chat -- room girl.
  She says she wants to be part of
  my lit -- tle world.
  I've fal -- len  in love with a
  chat -- room girl.
  think -- ing and dream -- ing of
  her, my
  dream, chat -- room girl.
  %}
}

verseII = \lyricmode {
  \set stanza = #"2. "
  We meet %{on -- line and we chat all night,
  hard to con -- cen -- trate.
  My job and school are going down the drain
  I hope she is real.

  I have got to fig -- ure this out soon
  Must get my mind straight.
  And she has sto -- len my heart from me,
  I think only "we." %}
}
\score {
<<
    \context ChordNames { \theChords }
    \new Staff { \global
      \context Voice = "voiceMelody" { \staffMelody }
    }
    \new Lyrics = "lyricsI" { \global
      \lyricsto "voiceMelody" \verseI
    }
    \new Lyrics = "lyricsII" { \global
      \lyricsto "voiceMelody" \verseII
    }

>>
  \layout { }
}