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Current version of Bob Dylan Lyrics The Boxer (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-dylan/the-boxer/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Bob Dylan Lyrics The Boxer (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/b/bob-dylan/the-boxer/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||
| I'm just a poor boy | I'm just a poor boy | |||||||||||
| Though my story's seldom told | Though my story's seldom told | |||||||||||
| 1 | I have squandered my resistance | I have squadered my resistance | 1 | |||||||||
| 2 | For a pocketful of mumbles | For a pocketful of numbles | 2 | |||||||||
| Such are promises, all lies and jest | Such are promises, all lies and jest | |||||||||||
| Still a man hears what he wants to hear | Still a man hears what he wants to hear | |||||||||||
| And disregards the rest. | And disregards the rest. | |||||||||||
| When I left my home and family | When I left my home and family | |||||||||||
| I was no more than a boy | I was no more than a boy | |||||||||||
| In the company of strangers | In the company of strangers | |||||||||||
| In the quiet of the railway station | In the quiet of the railway station | |||||||||||
| Running scared, laying low | Running scared, laying low | |||||||||||
| Seeking out the poorer quarters | Seeking out the poorer quarters | |||||||||||
| Where the ragged people go | Where the ragged people go | |||||||||||
| Looking for the places | Looking for the places | |||||||||||
| only they would know. | only they would know. | |||||||||||
| Asking only workman's wages | Asking only workman's wages | |||||||||||
| I come looking for a job | I come looking for a job | |||||||||||
| But I get no offers | But I get no offers | |||||||||||
| Just a come-on from the | Just a come-on from the | |||||||||||
| whores on Seventh Avenue | whores on Seventh Avenue | |||||||||||
| I do declare | I do declare | |||||||||||
| There were times when I was so lonesome | There were times when I was so lonesome | |||||||||||
| I took some comfort there. | I took some comfort there. | |||||||||||
| Then I'm laying out my winter clothes | Then I'm laying out my winter clothes | |||||||||||
| And wishing I was gone, going home | And wishing I was gone, going home | |||||||||||
| Where the New York City | Where the New York City | |||||||||||
| winters aren't bleeding me | winters aren't bleeding me | |||||||||||
| Leading me | Leading me | |||||||||||
| Going home. | Going home. | |||||||||||
| In the clearing stands a boxer | In the clearing stands a boxer | |||||||||||
| And a fighter by his trade | And a fighter by his trade | |||||||||||
| And he carries the reminders | And he carries the reminders | |||||||||||
| 3 | Of ev'ry glove that laid him down | Of every glove that laid him down | 3 | |||||||||
| 4 | Or cut him till he cried out | And cut him till he cried out | 4 | |||||||||
| In his anger and his shame | In his anger and his shame | |||||||||||
| "I am leaving, I am leaving" | "I am leaving, I am leaving" | |||||||||||
| 5 | But the fighter still remains. | But the fighter still ramains. | 5 | |||||||||
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