Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer

Best Of Simon And Garfunkel / 1999-11-09 1. AMERICA 2. At the Zoo 3. Bookends 4. Bridge Over Troubled Water 5. Cecilia 6. EL CONDOR PASA (IF I COULD) 7. Fakin' It 8. For Emily, Whenever I May Find Her 9. Hazy Shade of Winter 10. Homeward Bound 11. I Am a Rock 12. MRS. ROBINSON 13. My Little Town 14. Old Friends 15. Scarborough Fair/Canticle 16. Song for the Asking 17. The 59th Street Bridge Song 18. The Boxer 19. The Dangling Conversation 20. The Only Living Boy in New York 21. The Sound Of Silence

The Boxer

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, hmmmm

When I left my home and my family, I's no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station, runnin' scared, laying low,
Seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go,
Looking for the places only they would know.

Li la li...

Asking only workman's wages, I come lookin' for a job,
But I get no offers,
Just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue.
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there.

La la la...

And I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone,
goin' home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleedin' me, leadin' me,
goin' 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
'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains.

Li la li...