The Boxer-The 60's Hippie Band

[ti:The Boxer] [ar:The 60's Hippie Band] [al:California Dreaming] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer - The 60's Hippie Band [00:06.36]I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told [00:10.73]I've squandered my resistance [00:13.06] [00:13.58]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:15.90]Such are promises [00:17.62] [00:19.27]All lies and jest [00:20.86]Still the man hears what he wants to hear [00:23.91]And disregards the rest [00:25.87] [00:35.29]When i left my home and my family [00:37.98]I was no more than a boy [00:40.47]In the company of strangers [00:42.98]In the quiet of the railway station runnin' scared [00:47.16] [00:49.07]Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters [00:52.90]Where the ragged people go [00:55.36]Looking for the places only they would know [00:59.36] [01:00.64]Lie la lie [01:01.60] [01:03.32]Lie la lie la la la lie [01:05.89]Lie [01:12.99] [01:16.09]Asking only workman's wages [01:18.73]I come lookin' for a job but i get no offers [01:22.50] [01:23.70]Just a come on from the whores on seventh avenue [01:28.08] [01:29.75]I do declare there were times when i was so lonesome [01:34.26]I took some comfort there [01:36.49]Lie [01:48.78] [02:11.22]Lie [02:23.91] [02:26.85]And i'm laying out my winter clothes [02:29.58]And wishing i was gone goin' home [02:32.88] [02:34.69]Where the new york city winters aren't bleedin' me [02:38.67] [02:40.74]Leadin' me goin' home [02:46.57] [02:53.87]In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade [02:58.68]And he carries the reminders [03:00.95] [03:01.83]Of every glove that laid him down or cut him [03:05.26]'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame [03:09.09]I am leaving i am leaving [03:11.61]But the fighter still remains [03:13.74] [03:19.18]Lie