[Music1] [Music2] [Music3] [Music1] [Music2] [Music3] [00:00.96]Artist : Simon and Garfunkel [00:02.65]Album : The Best of Simon & Garfunkel [00:04.32]Title :The Boxer [00:05.37] [00:06.21]I am just a poor boy [00:08.32]though my story's seldom told. [00:11.09]I have squandered my resistance [00:14.01]for a pocketful of mumbles, [00:16.13]such are promises. [00:20.18]All lies and jest. [00:21.60]Still, a man hears what he wants to hear [00:24.59]and disregards the rest. [00:26.87]Mmm....... [00:30.20]Mmm....... [00:31.84] [00:36.32]When I left my home [00:37.61]and my family. [00:38.98]I was no more than a boy. [00:41.33]In the company of strangers, [00:44.22]in the quiet of the railway station [00:47.07]running scared. [00:48.55] [00:50.58]Laying low, [00:51.80]seeking out the poorer quarters [00:54.33]where the ragged people go. [00:57.08]Looking for the places [00:58.98]only they would know. [01:10.06][01:02.25]Lie-la-lie..... [01:14.60] [01:18.18]Asking only workman's wages, [01:20.59]I come looking for a job [01:22.80]but I get no offers. [01:26.01]Just a come-on from the whores [01:28.18]on Seventh Avenue. [01:32.16]I do declare, [01:33.45]there were times [01:34.66]when I was so lonesome [01:36.62]I took some comfort there. [01:38.85]Lie-la-lie..... [01:46.09][Music1].......................... [01:56.14][Music2].......................... [02:05.72][Music3].......................... [02:11.12]Lie-la-lie..... [02:19.15]Lie-la-lie..... [02:23.47] [02:26.98]Then I'm laying out [02:28.18]my winter clothes [02:29.62]and wishing I was gone. [02:31.70]Going home, [02:34.70]where the New York City winters [02:36.88]aren't bleeding me. [02:40.57]Leading me [02:44.50]going home. [02:47.67] [02:53.69]In the clearing stands a boxer, [02:56.02]and a fighter by his trade. [02:58.79]And he carries the reminders [03:01.89]of ev'ry glove that laid him down [03:04.08]or cut him till he cried out. [03:06.83]In his anger and his shame, [03:08.88]"I am leaving, I am leaving." [03:11.76]But the fighter still remains. [03:14.12]Mmm............ [03:16.07] [04:02.61][03:19.10]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie [04:12.52][03:32.33]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie [04:22.82][03:42.57]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie [04:32.75][03:52.52]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie [04:41.26][Music1].......................... [04:51.33][Music2].......................... [05:01.23][Music3].......................... [05:06.28]...................@@@@@