The Boxer (Live at Central Park, New York, NY - September 19, 1981)
Simon & Garfunkel"The Boxer (Live at Central Park, New York, NY - September 19, 1981)" is a song by Simon & Garfunkel, released in 1982 in the Pop genre. The song is 4:29 long and contains 70 lines and 422 words.
0:05I am just a poor boy
0:07Though my story's seldom told
0:10That squandered I have squandered my resistance
0:16For a pocketful of mumbles
0:18Such are promises
0:22All lies and jest
0:24Still a man hears what he wants to hear
0:27And disregards the rest
0:30En en en en en en en en en en en en
0:40When I left my home and my family
0:43I was no more than a boy
0:46In the company of strangers
0:49In the quiet of a railway station
0:52Running scared
0:56Laying low seeking out the poorer quarters
1:00Where the ragged people go
1:03Looking for the places only they would know
1:08Lie la lie
1:11Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
1:14Lie la lie
1:17Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
1:26Asking only workman's wages
1:29I come looking for a job
1:31But I get no offers
1:35Just a come on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
1:41I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome
1:46I took some comfort there
1:49Woo lie la lie lie lie lie lie
2:00Now the years are rolling by me
2:02The are rocking easily
2:05I am older than I once was
2:09And younger than I'll be
2:11That's not unusual
2:15No it isn't strange
2:17After changes upon changes
2:20We are more or less the same
2:23After changes we are
2:25More or less the same
2:29Lie la lie
2:31Lie la lie lie lie lie lie
2:34Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
2:40Lie lie lie lie lie
2:43Lie la lie lie lie lie lie
2:46Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie
2:51Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
2:58Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
3:01Wishing I was gone
3:03Going home
3:07Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
3:14Leading me
3:18To going home
3:29In the clearing stands a boxer
3:31And a fighter by his trade
3:34And he carries the remainders
3:38Every glove that laid him down
3:40On cut him till he cried out
3:43In his anger and his shame
3:46I am leaving I am leaving
3:49But the fighter still remains
3:51This is still remains
3:58Lie la lie
4:00Lie la lie lie lie lie lie
4:03Lie la lie
4:06Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
4:12Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
4:15Lie la lie
4:18Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
4:23Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
4:26Lie la lie
4:29Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
I am just a poor boy Though my story's seldom told That squandered 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 En en en en en en en en en en en en When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy In the company of strangers In the quiet of a railway 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 lie lie lie lie lie lie Lie la lie Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie 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 Woo lie la lie lie lie lie lie Now the years are rolling by me The are rocking easily I am older than I once was And younger than I'll be That's not unusual No it isn't strange After changes upon changes We are more or less the same After changes we are More or less the same Lie la lie Lie la lie lie lie lie lie Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie Lie la lie lie lie lie lie Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Then I'm laying out my winter clothes Wishing I was gone Going home Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me Leading me To going home In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade And he carries the remainders Every glove that laid him down On cut him till he cried out In his anger and his shame I am leaving I am leaving But the fighter still remains This is still remains Lie la lie Lie la lie lie lie lie lie Lie la lie Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Lie la lie Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Lie lie lie lie lie lie lie Lie la lie Lie la lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie lie
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