The Boxer-Emmerson Nogueira

[ti:The Boxer (Album Version)] [ar:Emmerson Nogueira] [al:Mega Hits - Emmerson Nogueira] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer (Album Version) - Emmerson Nogueira [00:05.89]I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told [00:09.75] [00:10.47]I have squantered my resistance [00:12.31] [00:13.04]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:15.08] [00:16.14]Such are promises [00:16.86] [00:19.33]All lies and jest still the man hears what he wants to hear [00:23.58] [00:24.21]And disregards the rest [00:25.61] [00:34.40]When I left my home and family [00:35.99] [00:37.10]I was no more than a boy [00:38.58] [00:39.48]In the company of strangers [00:41.24] [00:42.37]In the quiet of the railway station running scared [00:46.03] [00:48.69]Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters where the raggedpeople go [00:54.28] [00:55.06]Looking for the places only they would know [00:58.62] [01:00.57]La la li [01:01.30] [01:03.03]La la la la li la li [01:04.99] [01:05.83]La la li [01:06.39] [01:08.29]La la la la la la li la la la li [01:11.45] [01:16.45]Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job [01:20.83] [01:21.36]But I get no offers [01:22.45] [01:24.60]Just a come on from the whores on seventh avenue [01:27.64] [01:30.57]I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome [01:34.85]I took some comfort there [01:36.79] [01:37.52]Oooh la la la [01:39.41] [02:10.57]La la li [02:11.25] [02:13.12]La la la la li la li [02:15.00] [02:15.79]La la li [02:16.39] [02:18.41]La la la la la la li la la la li [02:21.33] [02:26.62]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone [02:31.54]Going home where the new york city winters aren't bleedin' me [02:38.24] [02:40.79]Leadin' me to goin' home [02:45.67] [02:54.25]In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade [02:58.60] [02:59.40]And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down [03:04.59]Or cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his shame [03:09.13] [03:09.73]I am leaving I am leaving [03:11.73] [03:12.35]But the fighter still remains [03:14.34] [03:20.53]La la li [03:21.13] [03:23.05]La la la la li la li [03:24.82] [03:25.66]La la li [03:26.23] [03:28.37]La la la la la la li la la la li [03:31.64] [03:33.60]La la la la li la li [03:35.29] [03:35.93]La la li [03:36.61] [03:38.87]La la la la la la li la la la li [03:42.09] [03:44.16]La la la la li la li [03:46.00] [03:46.77]La la li [03:47.32] [03:49.45]La la la la la la li la la la li [03:52.64] [03:54.71]La la la la li la li [03:56.42] [03:57.29]La la li [03:57.87] [03:59.95]La la la la la la li la la la li