The Boxer-Paul Simon/The Jessy Dixon Singers/Urubamba

[ti:The Boxer (Live)] [ar:Paul Simon] [al:Paul Simon In Concert: Live Rhymin'] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer (Live 1973) - Paul Simon (保罗·西蒙)/The Jessy Dixon Singers/Urubamba [00:24.03]I am just a poor boy [00:25.42] [00:28.57]Though my story seldom told [00:30.27] [00:30.93]I squandered my resistance [00:32.75] [00:33.61]For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises [00:37.23] [00:39.07]All lies and jests [00:40.84]Still a man hears [00:42.43]What he wants to hear [00:43.83]And disregards the rest [00:45.47] [00:55.15]When I left my home and my family [00:57.16] [00:57.87]I was no more than a boy [01:00.22]In the company of strangers [01:02.45] [01:03.06]In the quiet of the railway stations running scared [01:06.92] [01:09.22]Laying low seeking out the poor quarters [01:13.18]Where the ragged people go [01:14.82] [01:15.62]Looking for the places [01:17.40]Only they would know [01:19.20] [01:47.28]Asking only workman's wages [01:49.04] [01:50.05]I come looking for a job [01:52.18]But I get no offers [01:53.43] [01:55.12]Just a come on [01:56.13]From the whores on seventh avenue [01:58.86] [02:00.58]I do declare there were times [02:03.40]When I was so lonesome [02:04.69]I took some comfort there [02:06.74] [02:16.92]Now the years are rolling by me [02:19.46]They are rockin' even me [02:20.97] [02:21.92]I am older than I once was [02:24.06] [02:24.89]And younger than I'll be that's not unusual [02:27.96] [02:30.45]No it isn't strange after changes upon changes [02:34.95]We are more or less the same [02:36.57] [02:37.23]After changes we are more or less the same [02:40.54] [03:19.14]Then I'm laying down my winter clothes [03:21.75]And wishing I was home going home [03:25.62] [03:26.76]Where the New York City winters [03:29.07]Aren't bleeding me leading me going home [03:39.01] [03:45.83]In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade [03:50.56]And he carries the reminder of every glove that laid him down [03:55.08]And cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame [04:00.67]I am leaving I am leaving but the fighter still remains