The Boxer-Jerry Douglas

[ti:The Boxer] [ar:Jerry Douglas] [al:Traveler] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer - Jerry Douglas [00:09.95]I am just a poor boy [00:11.70]Though my story's seldom told [00:13.38] [00:14.37]I have squandered my resistance [00:16.74]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:18.76]Such are promises [00:20.16] [00:20.95]All lies and jest [00:22.32]Still a man hears what he wants to hear [00:25.25]And disregards the rest [00:26.78] [00:31.04]When I left my home [00:32.21]And my family [00:33.40]I was no more than a boy [00:34.82] [00:35.86]In the company of strangers [00:38.36]In the quiet of the railway station [00:40.73]Running scared [00:41.58] [00:42.77]Laying low [00:43.85]Seeking out the poorer quarters [00:46.63]Where the ragged people go [00:48.11] [00:48.73]Looking for the places [00:50.49]Only they would know [00:51.64] [00:53.26]Lie la lie [00:54.30] [00:55.86]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie [00:58.21]Lie la lie [00:59.05] [01:00.71]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie [01:03.55] [01:08.05]Asking only workman's wages [01:10.54]I come looking for a job [01:12.66]But I get no offers [01:14.19] [01:15.55]Just a come on from the whores [01:17.24]On seventh avenue [01:18.93] [01:20.00]I do declare [01:20.97] [01:21.54]There were times when I was so [01:23.50]Lonesome [01:24.56]I took some comfort there [01:26.37] [01:30.51]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [01:32.96]And wishing I was gone [01:34.94]Going home [01:36.81] [01:37.68]Where the New York city winters [01:39.96]Aren't bleeding me [01:41.47] [01:42.28]Leading me [01:44.91]Going home [01:46.69] [02:29.89]In the clearing stands a boxer [02:31.63] [02:32.14]And a fighter by his trade [02:34.19] [02:34.93]And he carries the reminders [02:36.57] [02:37.62]Of every glove that laid him down [02:39.99]And cut him till he cried out [02:42.41]In his anger and his shame [02:44.41]I am leaving I am leaving [02:46.97] [02:47.56]But the fighter still remains [02:50.00] [02:50.81]Lie la lie [02:51.87] [02:53.28]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie [02:56.80] [02:58.14]Lie la lie [02:58.98]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie [03:02.04] [03:03.23]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie [03:06.74] [03:07.92]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie [03:11.69] [03:12.85]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie [03:16.28] [03:17.69]Lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie lie la lie