The Boxer-70's Pop Band

[ti:The Boxer] [ar:70's Pop Band] [al:70's Hits] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer - 70's Pop Band [00:06.36]I am just a poor boy [00:08.15]Though my story's seldom told [00:10.80]I have squandered my resistance [00:13.36]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:15.92]Such are promises [00:17.66] [00:19.44]All lies and jest [00:20.97]Still a man hears what he wants to hear [00:24.02]And disregards the rest [00:25.45] [00:35.44]When I left my home [00:36.72]And my family [00:37.33] [00:37.99]I was no more than a boy [00:40.66]In the pany of strangers [00:43.17]In the quiet of the railway station [00:46.04]Running scared [00:49.21]Laying low [00:50.55]Seeking out the poorer quarters [00:53.12]Where the ragged people go [00:55.38]Looking for the places [00:57.63]Only they would know [00:59.55] [01:00.76]Lie-la-lie [01:13.01] [01:16.32]Asking only workman's wages [01:18.98]I e looking for a job [01:21.11]But I get no offers [01:22.82] [01:23.85]Just a e-on from the whores [01:26.16]On Seventh Avenue [01:28.47] [01:29.96]I do declare [01:31.69]There were times when I was so lonesome [01:34.52]I took some fort there [01:36.56]La la la la la la la [01:39.03] [02:11.45]Lie-la-lie [02:13.67] [02:27.07]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [02:29.66]And wishing I was gone [02:32.12]Going home [02:33.05] [02:34.78]Where the New York City winters [02:37.05]Aren't bleeding me [02:38.84] [02:40.84]Leading me [02:42.03] [02:44.81]Going home [02:46.81] [02:53.93]In the clearing stands a boxer [02:56.35]And a fighter by his trade [02:58.83]And he carries the reminders [03:01.83]Of ev'ry glove that laid him down [03:04.33]Or cut him till he cried out [03:06.82]In his anger and his shame [03:09.17]I am leaving I am leaving [03:11.68]But the fighter still remains [03:14.11] [03:19.45]Lie-la-lie