The Box-Christie Hennessy

[00:03.98]《The Boxer》- Simon and Garfunkel [00:05.91]I am just a poor boy. [00:07.95]Though my story's seldom told, [00:10.68]I have squandered my resistance [00:12.72]For a pocketful of mumbles, [00:15.83]Such are promises [00:19.41]All lies and jest [00:21.03]Still, a man hears what he wants to hear [00:23.98]And disregards the rest. [00:35.63]When I left my home [00:37.09]And my family, [00:38.43]I was no more than a boy [00:40.63]In the company of strangers [00:43.38]In the quiet of the railway station, [00:46.05]Running scared, [00:48.01]Laying low, [00:51.30]Seeking out the poorer quarters [00:53.89]Where the ragged people go, [00:56.54]Looking for the places [00:58.29]Only they would know. [01:01.35]CHORUSLie-la-lie..... [01:17.53]Asking only workman's wages [01:19.78]I come looking for a job, [01:22.14]But I get no offers. [01:25.35]Just a come-on from the whores [01:27.46]On Seventh Avenue [01:31.20]I do declare, [01:32.93]There were times when I was so lonesome [01:35.90]I took some comfort there. [03:18.13][02:10.41]CHORUS Lie-la-lie..... [02:24.43]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [02:28.81]And wishing I was gone [02:30.70]Going home [02:33.81]Where the New York City winters [02:35.56]Aren't bleeding me, [02:39.85]Leading me, [02:43.68]Going home. [02:50.02]In the clearing stands a boxer, [02:54.92]And a fighter by his trade [02:57.67]And he carries the reminders [03:00.21]Of ev'ry glove that laid him down [03:03.27]Or cut him till he cried out [03:05.41]In his anger and his shame, [03:07.94]"I am leaving, I am leaving." [03:10.61]But the fighter still remains [04:42.61]By eric 1/7/2002