The Boxer

The Boxer Lyrics

Song The Boxer
Artist Mumford & Sons
Artist Jerry Douglas
Artist Paul Simon
Album Traveler
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[00:10.22] I am just a poor boy
[00:11.90] Though my story's seldom told
[00:14.52] I have squandered my resistance
[00:16.56] For a pocketful of mumbles
[00:18.84] Such are promises
[00:21.04] All lies and jests
[00:22.44] Still a man hears what he wants to hear
[00:25.18] And disregards the rest
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[00:31.15] When I left my home and my family
[00:33.25] I was no more than a boy
[00:35.53] In the company of strangers
[00:38.20] In the quiet of the railway station
[00:40.78] Running scared
[00:42.65] Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
[00:46.71] Where the ragged people go
[00:48.95] Looking for the places only they would know
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[00:53.41] Lie la lie...
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[01:08.34] Asking only workman's wages
[01:10.50] I come looking for a job
[01:12.97] But I get no offers
[01:15.79] Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
[01:20.05] I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
[01:24.59] I took some comfort there
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[01:30.66] Lie la lie...
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[01:31.39] Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
[01:32.99] And wishing I was gone
[01:35.19] Going home
[01:37.88] Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,
[01:42.01] Leading me, going home.
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[02:29.92] In the clearing stands a boxer
[02:32.39] And a fighter by his trade
[02:34.95] And he carries the reminders
[02:37.37] Of every glove that laid him down
[02:39.94] Or cut him till he cried out
[02:42.53] In his anger and his shame
[02:44.79] "I am leaving, I am leaving"
[02:47.14] But the fighter still remains
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[02:51.02] Lie la lie
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