The Boxer(Simon&Garfunkel)-Simon & Garfunkel

[ti:The Boxer] [ar:Simon & Garfunkel] [al:Best of Simon & Garfunkel] [by:] [offset:0] [00:06.12]I am just a poor boy [00:08.00]Though my story's seldom told [00:10.62]I have squandered my resistance [00:13.55]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:15.37]Such are promises [00:16.80]All lies and jest [00:19.43]Still a man hears what he wants to hear [00:23.36]And disregards the rest [00:25.55]Mmm [00:27.74]Mmm [00:35.87]When I left my home [00:37.42]And my family [00:38.49]I was no more than a boy [00:41.17]In the company of strangers [00:43.17]In the quiet of the railway station [00:46.24]Running scared [00:49.56]Laying low [00:51.43]Seeking out the poorer quarters [00:53.43]Where the ragged people go [00:56.61]Looking for the places [00:58.24]Only they would know [01:01.43]Lie-la-lie [01:04.92]Lie-la-lie [01:17.49]Asking only workman's wages [01:19.42]I come looking for a job [01:21.67]But I get no offers [01:25.23]Just a come-on from the whores [01:27.55]On Seventh Avenue [01:31.17]I do declare [01:32.86]There were times [01:33.98]When I was so lonesome [01:36.11]I took some comfort there [02:10.55]Lie-la-lie [02:15.67]Lie-la-lie [02:26.67]Lie-la-lie [02:27.05]Then I'm laying out [02:29.05]My winter clothes [02:29.86]And wishing I was gone [02:34.99]Going home [02:35.60]Where the New York City winters [02:38.04]Aren't bleeding me [02:39.92]Leading me [02:43.86]Going home [02:53.04]In the clearing stands a boxer [02:55.67]And a fighter by his trade [02:58.61]And he carries the reminders [02:59.79]Of ev'ry glove that laid him down [03:03.54]Or cut him till he cried out [03:06.29]In his anger and his shame [03:08.19]"I am leaving I am leaving " [03:10.68]But the fighter still remains [03:13.56]Mmm [03:18.37]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie [03:23.63]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie [03:31.26] [03:33.85]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie [03:41.36]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie [03:54.04]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie [04:01.54]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie [04:09.92]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie [04:26.73]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie