Deana Carter, Harper Simon - The Boxer lyrics
[Deana Carter, Harper Simon - The Boxer lyrics]
I am just a poor boy
Though my story is 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
When I left my home and my family
I was 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
Lookin' for the places, only they would know
Lie da-lie
Asking only workman's wages I come
Lookin' 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
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
Li da li
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, still remains
Though my story is 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
When I left my home and my family
I was 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
Lookin' for the places, only they would know
Lie da-lie
Asking only workman's wages I come
Lookin' 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
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
Li da li
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, still remains