The Boxer (Bonus Track)-Mumford & Sons/Paul Simon/Jerry Douglas

[ti:The Boxer] [ar:Mumford ; Sons] [al:Babel (Deluxe Version)] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer (Bonus Track) - Mumford & Sons/Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙)/Jerry Douglas [00:09.83]I am just a poor boy [00:11.65]Though my story seldom told [00:13.83] [00:14.39]I squandered my resistance [00:16.14] [00:16.76]For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises [00:19.88] [00:20.88]All lies and jests [00:22.57]Still a man hears [00:23.76]What he wants to hear [00:25.51]And disregards the rest [00:27.18] [00:31.05]When I left my home and my family [00:33.61]I was no more than a boy [00:35.85]In the company of strangers [00:38.29]In the quiet of the railway stations running scared [00:41.84] [00:42.52]Laying low seeking out the poor quarters [00:46.60]Where the ragged people go [00:48.84]Looking for the places [00:50.31]Only they would know [00:52.12] [01:08.07]Asking only workman's wages [01:10.37]I come looking for a job [01:12.80]But I get no offers [01:14.17] [01:15.61]Just a come on [01:16.67]From the whores on seventh avenue [01:19.17] [01:19.98]I do declare there were times [01:22.78]When I was so lonesome [01:24.78]I took some comfort there [01:26.63] [01:30.49]Then I'm laying down my winter clothes [01:33.24]And wishing I was home going home [01:36.48] [01:37.67]Where the New York City winters [01:40.16]Are bleeding me bleeding me going home [01:46.75] [02:29.87]In the clearing stands a boxer [02:32.43]And a fighter by his trade [02:34.36] [02:34.92]And he carries the reminder [02:37.14] [02:37.70]Of every glove that laid him down [02:39.96]And cut him till he cried out [02:42.51]In his anger and his shame [02:44.83]I am leaving I am leaving [02:47.52]But the fighter still remains