[ti:The Boxer]
[ar:Simon]
[al:Bridge Over Troubled Water (Deluxe Edition)]
[by:lrc.d4321.com]
[00:05.910] I am just a poor boy.
[00:07.950] Though my story's seldom told,
[00:10.680] I have squandered my resistance
[00:12.720] For a pocketful of mumbles,
[00:15.830] Such are promises
[00:19.410] All lies and jest
[00:21.030] Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
[00:23.980] And disregards the rest.
[00:35.630] When I left my home
[00:37.090] And my family,
[00:38.430] I was no more than a boy
[00:40.630] In the company of strangers
[00:43.380] In the quiet of the railway station,
[00:46.050] Running scared,
[00:48.010] Laying low,
[00:51.300] Seeking out the poorer quarters
[00:53.890] Where the ragged people go,
[00:56.540] Looking for the places
[00:58.290] Only they would know.
[01:17.530] Asking only workman's wages
[01:19.780] I come looking for a job,
[01:22.140] But I get no offers.
[01:25.350] Just a come-on from the whores
[01:27.460] On Seventh Avenue
[01:31.200] I do declare,
[01:32.930] There were times when I was so lonesome
[01:35.900] I took some comfort there.
[02:24.430] Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
[02:28.810] And wishing I was gone
[02:30.700] Going home
[02:33.810] Where the New York City winters
[02:35.560] Aren't bleeding me,
[02:39.850] Leading me,
[02:43.680] Going home.
[02:50.020] In the clearing stands a boxer,
[02:54.920] And a fighter by his trade
[02:57.670] And he carries the reminders
[03:00.210] Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
[03:03.270] Or cut him till he cried out
[03:05.410] In his anger and his shame,
[03:07.940] "I am leaving, I am leaving."
[03:10.610] But the fighter still remains