The Boxer-The Chapters Blue

[ti:The Boxer] [ar:Cool Sensation] [al:60's Hits F.M. Vol. 2] [by:] [offset:0] [00:00.00]The Boxer - The Chapters Blue [00:06.25]I am just a poor boy [00:08.05]Though my story's seldom told [00:10.71]I have squandered my resistance [00:13.27]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:15.53]Such are promises [00:17.46] [00:19.31]All lies and jest [00:20.84]Still a man hears what he wants to hear [00:23.70]And disregards the rest [00:25.65] [00:35.28]When I left my home [00:36.45]And my family [00:37.92]I was no more than a boy [00:40.10]In the company of strangers [00:42.25] [00:42.81]In the quiet of the railway station [00:45.79]Running scared [00:47.08] [00:49.05]Laying low [00:50.31]Seeking out the poorer quarters [00:53.01]Where the ragged people go [00:55.37]Looking for the places [00:57.48]Only they would know [00:59.18] [01:00.59]Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie la lie [01:06.61] [01:08.13]Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie [01:11.51] [01:16.12]Asking only workman's wages [01:18.80]I can looking for a job [01:20.83]But I get no offers [01:22.55] [01:23.71]Just a come on from the whores [01:26.04]On Seventh Avenue [01:28.05] [01:29.84]I do declare [01:31.48]There were times when I was so lonesome [01:34.18]I took some comfort there [01:36.50]Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie [01:39.05] [02:11.04]Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie la lie [02:17.49] [02:19.03]Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie [02:22.14] [02:26.83]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [02:29.51]And wishing I was gone [02:31.52]Going home [02:32.56] [02:34.66]Where the New York City winters [02:36.98]Aren't bleeding me [02:38.68] [02:40.82]Leading me [02:44.68]Going home [02:46.53] [02:53.89]In the clearing stands a boxer [02:56.25]And a fighter by his trade [02:58.65]And he carries the reminders [03:01.32] [03:01.85]Of every glove that laid him down [03:04.16]Or cut him till he cried out [03:06.49]In his anger and his shame [03:09.07]I am leaving I am leaving [03:11.39]But the fighter still remains [03:14.09] [03:19.25]Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie la lie [03:25.79] [03:26.95]Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie [03:30.82] [03:32.07]Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie la lie [03:37.93]Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie [03:41.01] [03:42.34]Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie la lie [03:48.19]Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie [03:51.18] [03:52.55]Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie la lie [03:58.61]Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie [04:01.41] [04:02.91]Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie la lie [04:08.77]Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie [04:11.56] [04:13.13]Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie la lie [04:19.02]Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie [04:22.02] [04:23.30]Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie la lie [04:29.27]Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie [04:32.23] [04:33.64]Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie la lie [04:39.65]Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie Lie