The Boxer (American Idol Studi-Lee DeWyze

[ti:The Boxer (American Idol Studi] [ar:Lee DeWyze] [al:Season 9 Favorite Performances] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer (American Idol Studi - Lee DeWyze (黎·德维兹) [00:03.26]I am just a poor boy [00:05.73]Though my story's seldom told [00:07.98]I have squandered my resistance [00:10.61] [00:11.46]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:13.88]Such are promises [00:15.73] [00:17.78]All lies and jests [00:19.37]Still a man hears what he wants to hear [00:22.80]And disregards the rest [00:24.44] [00:35.38]When I left my home and my family [00:38.01]I was no more than a boy [00:40.72]In the company of strangers [00:43.82]In the quiet of the railway station [00:47.03]Running scared [00:48.22] [00:50.45]Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters [00:55.22]Where the ragged people go [00:57.42]Looking for the places only they would know [01:01.76] [01:03.18]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie lie la lie [01:10.52] [01:11.60]Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie [01:15.97] [01:20.30]Asking only workman's wages [01:23.00]I come looking for a job [01:25.57]But I get no offers [01:27.17] [01:28.93]Just a come on from the whores on seventh avenue [01:33.45] [01:35.42]I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome [01:40.43]I took some comfort there [01:42.26] [01:42.84]Lie la lie [01:44.53] [01:50.05]Now the years are rolling by me they are rockin' evenly [01:55.46]I am older than I once was [01:58.19] [01:58.84]And younger than I'll be that's not unusual [02:03.77] [02:05.09]No it isn't strange after changes upon changes we are more or less the same [02:12.39]After changes we are more or less the same [02:16.49] [02:17.85]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie lie la lie [02:25.55] [02:26.40]Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie [02:30.93] [02:35.46]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [02:38.22]And wishing I was gone [02:40.90]Going home [02:42.35] [02:43.77]Where the New York city winters aren't bleeding me [02:49.03] [02:50.36]Leading me going home [02:55.98] [03:05.08]In the clearing stands a boxer [03:07.63]And a fighter by his trade [03:09.95] [03:10.48]And he carries the reminders [03:13.04] [03:13.56]Of every glove that laid him down [03:16.24]Or cut him till he cried out [03:18.84]In his anger and his shame [03:21.65]I am leaving I am leaving [03:24.62]But the fighter still remains [03:26.77] [03:27.28]I am leaving [03:29.18]But the fighter still remains [03:31.03] [03:32.90]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie lie la lie [03:40.11] [03:41.34]Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie [03:45.91] [03:46.83]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie lie la lie [03:51.52] [03:52.53]Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie [03:57.45] [03:58.30]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie lie la lie [04:02.99] [04:03.91]Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie [04:08.41] [04:09.59]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie