The Boxer-Paul Simon

[ti:The Boxer（LIVE）] [ar:Paul Simon] [al:Paul Simon's Concert In The Park August 15, 1991] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer - Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙) [00:15.20]I am just a poor boy [00:16.18]Though my story's seldom told [00:23.05]I have squandered my resistance [00:24.30] [00:25.93]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:27.81]Such are promises [00:30.72]All lies and jest [00:32.35]Still a man hears what he wants to hear [00:35.30]And disregards the rest [00:50.52]When I left my home [00:51.07]And my family [00:51.87]I was no more than a boy [00:55.44]In thepany of strangers [00:56.22] [00:57.59]In the quiet of the railway station [01:00.23]Running scared [01:02.85]Laying low [01:04.38]Seeking out the poorer quarters [01:05.60] [01:06.86]Where the ragged people go [01:09.31]Looking for the places [01:10.65]Only they would know [01:13.77]CHORUSLie-la-lie [01:14.15] [01:27.86]Asking only workman's wages [01:28.93] [01:29.49]Ie looking for a job [01:32.04]But I get no offers [01:34.85]Just ae on from the whores [01:36.72]On Seventh Avenue [01:37.33] [01:40.06]I do declare [01:42.00]There were times when I was so lonesome [01:44.00]I took somefort there [01:44.75] [01:46.40]Lie-la-lie [02:38.75] [02:43.41]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [02:44.66] [02:46.12]And wishing I was gone [02:47.13] [02:47.67]Going home [02:50.16]Where the New York City winters [02:52.92]Aren't bleeding me [02:55.80]Leading me [02:58.78]Going home [03:07.35]In the clearing stands a boxer [03:08.73] [03:09.54]And a fighter by his trade [03:11.76]And he carries the reminders [03:12.87] [03:14.32]Of ev'ry glove that laid him down [03:16.78]Or cut him till he cried out [03:16.87] [03:18.75]In his anger and his shame [03:20.25]"I am leaving I am leaving " [03:23.21]But the fighter still remains [03:25.09] [03:29.59]Lie-la-lie