The Boxer-The British Pop Band

[ti:The Boxer] [ar:The British Pop Band] [al:60's Love & Peace] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer - The British Pop Band [00:06.01]I am just a poor boy [00:07.98]Though my story's seldom told [00:10.53]I have squandered my resistance [00:13.32]For a pocket full of mumbles [00:15.56]Such are promises [00:17.55] [00:19.12]All lies and jests [00:20.63]Still a man hears [00:22.22]What he wants to hear [00:23.73]And dis regards the rest [00:25.73] [00:34.92]When I left my home [00:36.35]And my family [00:37.82]I was no more than a boy [00:40.06]In the company of strangers [00:42.97]In the quiet of the railway [00:44.97]Station running scared [00:47.02] [00:48.97]Laying low [00:50.28]Seeking out [00:51.10]The poorer quarters [00:52.84]Where the ragged people go [00:55.40]Looking for the places [00:57.34]Only they would know [00:59.25] [01:15.82]Asking only workman's wages [01:18.54]I come looking for a job [01:20.76]But I get no offers [01:22.55] [01:23.64]Just a come on from the whores [01:25.96]On seventh avenue [01:27.98] [01:29.74]I do declare [01:31.40]There were times [01:32.33]When I was so lonesome [01:34.05]I took some comfort there [01:36.24] [02:26.68]Then I'm laying out [02:28.03]My winter clothes [02:29.41]And wishing I was gone [02:31.68]Going home [02:32.68] [02:34.31]Where the new york city winters [02:36.77]Aren't bleeding me [02:38.53] [02:40.53]Bleeding me [02:44.36]Going home [02:46.16] [02:53.44]In the clearing stands a boxer [02:56.05]And a fighter by his trade [02:58.63]And he carries the reminders [03:01.59]Of ev'ry glove that layed him down [03:04.08]Or cut him till he cried out [03:06.52]In his anger and his shame [03:08.85]I am leaving I am leaving [03:11.43]But the fighter still remains