The Boxer-Academy Allstars

[ti:The Boxer] [ar:Ameritz Tribute Club] [al:Sound of Silence - A Tribute to Simon & Garfunkel] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer - Academy Allstars [00:06.30]I am just a poor boy [00:08.25]Though my story's seldom told [00:10.78]I have squandered my resistance [00:13.45]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:16.76]Such are promises [00:19.56]All lies and jest [00:21.07]Still a man hears what he wants to hear [00:24.44]And disregards the rest [00:26.54] [00:35.86]When I left my home [00:37.20]And my family [00:38.40]I was no more than a boy [00:40.99]In the company of strangers [00:43.81]In the quiet of the railway station [00:46.66]Running scared [00:49.88]Laying low [00:51.08]Seeking out the poorer quarters [00:53.82]Where the ragged people go [00:56.51]Looking for the places [00:58.31]Only they would know [01:02.18]Lie-la-lie [01:02.92] [01:17.42]Asking only workman's wages [01:19.93]I e looking for a job [01:22.54]But I get no offers [01:25.43]Just a e-on from the whores [01:27.32]On Seventh Avenue [01:31.35]I do declare [01:32.99]There were times when I was so lonesome [01:36.18]I took some comfort there [01:38.20]Lie-la-lie [02:10.92] [02:26.87]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [02:29.42]And wishing I was gone [02:31.80]Going home [02:34.71]Where the New York City winters [02:36.89]Aren't bleeding me [02:40.93]Leading me [02:44.91]Going home [02:54.22]In the clearing stands a boxer [02:56.10] [02:56.77]And a fighter by his trade [02:59.24]And he carries the reminders [03:02.29]Of ev'ry glove that laid him down [03:04.81]Or cut him till he cried out [03:07.20]In his anger and his shame [03:09.60]I am leaving I am leaving [03:12.19]But the fighter still remains [03:17.49] [03:20.24]Lie-la-lie