The Boxer (Live at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA - November 1969)-Simon & Garfunkel

[ti:The Boxer (Live Version)] [ar:Simon & Garfunkel] [al:Simon & Garfunkel - Live 1969] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer (Live at Long Beach Arena, Long Beach, CA - November 1969) - Simon & Garfunkel [00:11.72]Written by：P. Simon [00:23.44]I am just a poor boy [00:25.31]Though my story's seldom told [00:27.57]I have squandered my resistance [00:30.49] [00:31.18]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:33.70]Such are promises [00:35.18] [00:37.32]All lies and jest [00:38.95]Still a man hears what he wants to hear [00:42.26]And disregards the rest [00:43.89] [00:54.43]When I left my home [00:55.64]And my family [00:56.52] [00:57.17]I was no more than a boy [00:59.05] [00:59.79]In the company of strangers [01:02.60]In the quiet of the railway station [01:05.67]Running scared [01:06.98] [01:09.34]Laying low [01:10.55]Seeking out the poorer quarters [01:13.33]Where the ragged people go [01:15.50] [01:16.01]Looking for the places [01:18.12]Only they would know [01:19.80] [01:21.77]Lie la lie [01:24.45]Lie la lie lie [01:25.83]Lie la lie lie [01:26.76] [01:27.31]Lie la lie [01:28.14] [01:29.77]Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie [01:33.89] [01:38.54]Asking only workman's wages [01:41.20]I come looking for a job [01:43.48]But I get no offers [01:45.24] [01:46.91]Just a come on from the whores [01:49.15]On Seventh Avenue [01:51.02] [01:53.30]I do declare [01:54.49] [01:55.09]There were times when I was so lonesome [01:58.10]I took some comfort there [02:01.01]Lie-la-lie lie lie lie lie [02:02.82] [02:10.79]Now the years are rolling by me [02:13.19]The are rocking easily [02:15.97]I am older than I once was [02:19.45]And younger than I'll be [02:21.48]But that's not unusual [02:23.10] [02:25.75]It isn't strange [02:27.16]After changes upon changes [02:30.44]We are more or less the same [02:33.00]After changes we are [02:35.03]More or less the same [02:36.94] [02:38.76]Lie la lie lie la la la lie lie [02:43.60] [02:44.31]Lie la lie lie la la la lie lie lie la la la la lie [02:50.59] [02:55.48]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [02:58.26]And wishing I was gone [03:00.69]Going home [03:01.82] [03:03.98]Where the New York city winters [03:06.37]Aren't bleeding me [03:08.35] [03:10.65]Leading me [03:11.78] [03:14.85]Going home [03:15.73] [03:24.69]In the clearing stands a boxer [03:27.04]And a fighter by his trade [03:29.84]And he carries the reminders [03:32.52] [03:33.44]Of every glove that laid him down [03:35.90]And cut him till he cried out [03:38.37]In his anger and his shame [03:40.54] [03:41.13]I am leaving I am leaving [03:43.90]But the fighter still remains [03:46.31] [03:52.43]Lie la lie lie la la la lie lie [03:57.21] [03:57.98]Lie la lie lie la la la lie lie lie la la la la lie [04:04.15] [04:05.88]Lie la la la lie la lie [04:08.55]Lie la lie lie la la la lie lie lie la la la la lie [04:14.92] [04:16.80]Lie la la la lie la lie [04:18.92] [04:19.42]Lie la lie lie la la la lie lie lie la la la la lie