Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer

I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told,
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles
Such are promises

All lies and jest Still, a man hears
what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest.

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,
Running scared,

Laying low, Seeking out the poorer
quarters Where the ragged people go,
Looking for the places
Only they would know.

Lie-la-lie.....

Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job,
But I get no offers.
Just a come-on from the whores
On Seventh Avenue

I do declare, There were times
when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there.

Lie-la-lie.....

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone Going home
Where the New York City winters
Aren't bleeding me,
Leading me, Going 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 till he cried out
In his anger and his shame,
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
But the fighter still remains

Lie-la-lie.....
I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told,
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles
Such are promises

All lies and jest Still, a man hears
what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest.

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,
Running scared,

Laying low, Seeking out the poorer
quarters Where the ragged people go,
Looking for the places
Only they would know.

Lie-la-lie.....

Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job,
But I get no offers.
Just a come-on from the whores
On Seventh Avenue

I do declare, There were times
when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there.

Lie-la-lie.....

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone Going home
Where the New York City winters
Aren't bleeding me,
Leading me, Going 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 till he cried out
In his anger and his shame,
"I am leaving, I am leaving."
But the fighter still remains

Lie-la-lie.....
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Simon & Garfunkel - The Boxer - Madison Square Garden, NYC - 2009/10/29&30

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