The Boxer-The Robinson Singers

[ti:The Boxer] [ar:The Robinson Singers] [al:A Tribute To Simon And Garfunkel] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer - The Robinson Singers [00:05.65]I am just a poor boy [00:07.61]Though my story's seldom told [00:09.28] [00:09.90]I have squandered my resistance [00:12.44]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:14.41] [00:14.98]Such are promises [00:16.15] [00:18.15]All lies and jest [00:19.99]Still a man hears what he wants to hear [00:22.70]And disregards the rest [00:24.12] [00:34.81]When I left my home [00:35.56]And my family [00:36.63]I was no more than a boy [00:38.87] [00:39.48]In the company of strangers [00:41.66]In the quiet of the railway station [00:44.74]Running scared [00:45.53] [00:47.81]Laying low [00:48.91]Seeking out the poorer quarters [00:51.22] [00:51.85]Where the ragged people go [00:53.77]Looking for the places [00:55.97]Only they would know [00:56.95] [01:01.21]Lie-la-lie [01:01.60] [01:16.08]Asking only workman's wages [01:17.90] [01:18.49]I come looking for a job [01:20.24] [01:21.03]But I get no offers [01:22.28] [01:23.61]Just a come-on from the whores [01:25.60]On seventh avenue [01:27.19] [01:29.05]I do declare [01:29.93] [01:30.88]There were times when I was so lonesome [01:33.41]I took some comfort there [01:35.22] [02:28.62]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [02:30.86]And wishing I was gone [02:32.54] [02:33.19]Going home [02:33.94] [02:35.75]Where the new york city winters [02:39.10]Aren't bleeding me [02:39.84] [02:41.87]Leading him [02:42.84] [02:45.26]Going home [02:46.08] [02:54.26]In the clearing stands a boxer [02:56.45]And a fighter by his trade [02:58.21] [02:58.82]And he carries the reminders [03:00.58] [03:01.14]Of ev'ry glove that laid him down [03:03.89] [03:04.43]Or cut him till he cried out [03:06.65]In his anger and his shame [03:08.64]I am leaving I am leaving [03:10.73] [03:12.27]But the fighter still remains