"The Boxer"

[00:05.82] I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told

[00:10.37] I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles

[00:15.69] Such are promises

[00:19.40] All lies and jest

[00:21.03] Still a man hears what he wants to hear

[00:23.95] And disregards the rest, hmm

[00:35.63] When I left my home and my family

[00:38.29] I was no more than a boy

[00:40.68] In the company of strangers

[00:43.73] In the quiet of the railway station

[00:46.66] Runnin' scared, laying low

[00:51.44] Seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go

[00:56.76] Looking for the places only they would know

[01:01.96] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie

[01:07.01] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

[01:17.56] Asking only workman's wages

[01:19.99] I come lookin' for a job but I get no offers

[01:25.57] Just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue

[01:31.41] I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome

[01:35.93] I took some comfort there, la la la la la la la

[01:42.63] (Interlude)

[02:10.79] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie

[02:18.49] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

[02:26.46] And I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone

[02:31.24] Goin' home

[02:34.17] Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me

[02:40.28] Leading me

[02:44.26] Going home

[02:53.56] In the clearing stands a boxer

[02:55.68] And a fighter by his trade

[02:58.34] And he carries the reminders

[03:01.53] Of every glove that laid him down

[03:03.92] Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame

[03:08.70] "I am leaving, I am leaving", but the fighter still remains

[03:19.06] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie

[03:24.10] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

[03:31.81] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie

[03:36.85] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

[03:42.17] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie

[03:47.21] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

[03:52.26] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie

[03:57.31] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

[04:02.35] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie

[04:07.67] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

[04:12.45] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie

[04:17.76] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

[04:22.81] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie

[04:27.85] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

[04:32.90] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie

[04:38.21] Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie

[04:45.12] I love you

[04:48.67] (Outro)