BOB'S MUSIC PLAYER

THE BOXER

By: Simon and Garfunkel

I am just a poor boy,
though my story's seldom told.
I have squandered my resistance
for a pocket full of mumbles
such are promises

All lies in jest,
still a man hears what he wants to hear
and disregards the rest.
Hmmm. Mmmmmm

When I left my home and my family,
I was no more than a boy,
in the company of strangers,
in the quiet of the railroad station,
running scared.

Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
where the ragged people go.
Looking for the places
only they would know.

Lie la lie,
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie.
Lie la lie,
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie. La la la la lie!

Asking only workmans wages,
I come looking for a job,
but I get no offers.
Just a come-on from the whores
on seventh avenue.

I do declare,
there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there.
la, la la, la la la la

(music)

Lie la lie.
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie.
Lie la lie.
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie. La la la la lie!

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
and wishing I was gone, goin' home.
Where the New York City winters'
aren't bleeding me,
leading me, going home!

In the clearing stands a boxer
and a fighter by his trade.
And he carries the reminders
of every glove that laid him down
or cut him till he cried out
in his anger and his shame,
"I am leaving, I am leaving!"
But the fighter still remains!
Mmmmm

Lie la lie.
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie.
Lie la lie.
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie. La la la la

Lie.
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie.
Lie la lie.
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie. La la la la

Lie.
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Lie.
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Lie la lie lie, lie la lie. La la la la

Lie.
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie.
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Lie la lie lie, lie la lie. La la la la

Lie.
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Lie la lie lie, lie la lie. La la la la

Lie.
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie.
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Lie la lie lie, lie la lie. La la la la

Lie.
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie.
Lie la lie.
Lie la lie lie, lie la lie. La la la la lie!