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Current version of Simon & Garfunkel Lyrics The Boxer (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/simon-garfunkel/the-boxer/) Current version of the lyrics |
Version 1 of Simon & Garfunkel Lyrics The Boxer (http://www.mp3lyrics.org/s/simon-garfunkel/the-boxer/v1.html) Version 1 of the lyrics | |||||||||||||
| I'm just a poor boy | I'm just a poor boy | |||||||||||||
| 1 | though my story’s seldom told | though my story's seldom told | 1 | |||||||||||
| I have squandered my | I have squandered my | |||||||||||||
| resistance for a pocketful | resistance for a pocketful | |||||||||||||
| of mumbles | of mumbles | |||||||||||||
| 2 | Such are promises: | such are promises: | 2 | |||||||||||
| All lies and jest still a | All lies and jest still a | |||||||||||||
| man hears what he wants | man hears what he wants | |||||||||||||
| to hear | to hear | |||||||||||||
| and disregards the rest | and disregards the rest | |||||||||||||
| 1 | mh -- mh. | 1 | ||||||||||||
| 3 | Hmmmm | When I left my home and family | 3 | |||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 2 | When I left my home and my family | 2 | ||||||||||||
| I was no more than a boy | I was no more than a boy | |||||||||||||
| 4 | In the company of strangers | in the company of strangers | 4 | |||||||||||
| 5 | In the quiet of the railway station | in the quiet of a railway station | 5 | |||||||||||
| 6 | Runnin’ scared | running scared. | 6 | |||||||||||
| Laying low | Laying low | |||||||||||||
| seeking out the poorer | seeking out the poorer | |||||||||||||
| 7 | quarters, where the ragged | quarters where the ragged | 7 | |||||||||||
| people go | people go | |||||||||||||
| 8 | Looking for the places | looking for the places | 8 | |||||||||||
| only they would know. | only they would know. | |||||||||||||
| 9 | Lie la lie | Lie-la-lie | 9 | |||||||||||
| ... | ... | |||||||||||||
| 10 | Asking only workman’s wages I | Asking only workman's wages I | 10 | |||||||||||
| come looking for a job | come looking for a job | |||||||||||||
| 11 | But I get no offers | but I get no offers | 11 | |||||||||||
| 12 | Just a come-on from the whores | just a comeon from the hores | 12 | |||||||||||
| 13 | on Seventh Avenue | on Seventh Avenue. | 13 | |||||||||||
| 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 | |||||||||||||
| oh la la | oh la la | |||||||||||||
| la la | la la | |||||||||||||
| 14 | la la | la la. | 14 | |||||||||||
| 3 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| 4 | Now the years are rolling by me | 4 | ||||||||||||
| 5 | they are rockin’ even me | 5 | ||||||||||||
| 6 | I am older than I once was | 6 | ||||||||||||
| 7 | and younger than I'll be | 7 | ||||||||||||
| 8 | that's not unusual | 8 | ||||||||||||
| 9 | No it isn't strange | 9 | ||||||||||||
| 10 | after changes upon changes | 10 | ||||||||||||
| 11 | we are more or less the same | 11 | ||||||||||||
| 12 | After changes we are more or less the same | 12 | ||||||||||||
| 13 | 13 | |||||||||||||
| 14 | Lie la lie... | 14 | ||||||||||||
| Then I'm laying out my winter clothes | Then I'm laying out my winter clothes | |||||||||||||
| and wishing I was gone | and wishing I was gone | |||||||||||||
| 15 | goin’ home | going home | 15 | |||||||||||
| 16 | Where the new york city | where the New York City | 16 | |||||||||||
| 17 | winters aren’t bleedin’ me | winters aren't bleeding me | 17 | |||||||||||
| 18 | Leading me to going home | leading me going home | 18 | |||||||||||
| 2 | mh -- mh. | 2 | ||||||||||||
| In the clearing stands a | In the clearing stands a | |||||||||||||
| 19 | boxer, and a fighter by | boxer and a fighter by | 19 | |||||||||||
| his trade | his trade | |||||||||||||
| 20 | And he carries the | and he carries the | 20 | |||||||||||
| 21 | reminders of every glove | reminders of ev'ry glove | 21 | |||||||||||
| that laid him down | that laid him down | |||||||||||||
| 22 | or cut him ’til he cried | or cut him till he cried | 22 | |||||||||||
| 23 | out in his anger and his | out in his anger an his | 23 | |||||||||||
| shame: | shame: | |||||||||||||
| I am leaving, I am leaving! | I am leaving, I am leaving! | |||||||||||||
| but the fighter still remains | but the fighter still remains | |||||||||||||
| 24 | mh -- mh | mh -- mh. | 24 | |||||||||||
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