Song | The Boxer |
Artist | Emmylou Harris |
Album | Portraits |
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《The Boxer》- Simon and Garfunkel | |
I am just a poor boy. | |
Though my story's seldom told, | |
I have squandered my resistance | |
For a pocketful of mumbles, | |
Such are promises | |
All lies and jest | |
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear | |
And disregards the rest. | |
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 railway station, | |
Running scared, | |
Laying low, | |
Seeking out the poorer quarters | |
Where the ragged people go, | |
Looking for the places | |
Only they would know. | |
CHORUSLie-la-lie..... | |
Asking only workman's 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. | |
CHORUS Lie-la-lie..... | |
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes | |
And wishing I was gone | |
Going 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 ev'ry 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 | |
By eric 1/7/2002 |
The Boxer Simon and Garfunkel | |
I am just a poor boy. | |
Though my story' s seldom told, | |
I have squandered my resistance | |
For a pocketful of mumbles, | |
Such are promises | |
All lies and jest | |
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear | |
And disregards the rest. | |
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 railway station, | |
Running scared, | |
Laying low, | |
Seeking out the poorer quarters | |
Where the ragged people go, | |
Looking for the places | |
Only they would know. | |
CHORUSLielalie..... | |
Asking only workman' s wages | |
I come looking for a job, | |
But I get no offers. | |
Just a comeon from the whores | |
On Seventh Avenue | |
I do declare, | |
There were times when I was so lonesome | |
I took some comfort there. | |
CHORUS Lielalie..... | |
Then I' m laying out my winter clothes | |
And wishing I was gone | |
Going 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 ev' ry 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 | |
By eric 1 7 2002 |
The Boxer Simon and Garfunkel | |
I am just a poor boy. | |
Though my story' s seldom told, | |
I have squandered my resistance | |
For a pocketful of mumbles, | |
Such are promises | |
All lies and jest | |
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear | |
And disregards the rest. | |
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 railway station, | |
Running scared, | |
Laying low, | |
Seeking out the poorer quarters | |
Where the ragged people go, | |
Looking for the places | |
Only they would know. | |
CHORUSLielalie..... | |
Asking only workman' s wages | |
I come looking for a job, | |
But I get no offers. | |
Just a comeon from the whores | |
On Seventh Avenue | |
I do declare, | |
There were times when I was so lonesome | |
I took some comfort there. | |
CHORUS Lielalie..... | |
Then I' m laying out my winter clothes | |
And wishing I was gone | |
Going 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 ev' ry 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 | |
By eric 1 7 2002 |