The Boxer
[00:00.40] ♫
[00:04.66] I am just a poor boy
[00:07.30] Though my story’s
[00:08.36] Seldom told
[00:09.97] I have squandered
[00:11.03] My resistance
[00:12.08] For a pocketful of mumbles
[00:14.73] Such are promises
[00:16.61] All lies and jest
[00:20.06] Still, a man hears
[00:21.65] What he wants to hear
[00:23.24] And disregards the rest
[00:25.10] ♪
[00:29.09] When I left my home
[00:36.26] And my family
[00:37.49] I was no more than a boy
[00:39.61] In the company
[00:41.21] Of strangers
[00:42.54] In the quiet
[00:43.60] Of a railway station
[00:45.47] Running scared
[00:46.80] Laying low
[00:50.51] Seeking out
[00:51.57] The poorer quarters
[00:52.90] Where the ragged people go
[00:55.30] Looking for the places
[00:57.41] Only they would know
[01:00.34] ♫ ♫ Lie-la-lie . . .
[01:13.35] Asking only workman’s wages
[01:19.20] I come looking for a job
[01:21.58] But I get no offers
[01:22.93] Just a come-on
[01:25.83] From the whores
[01:26.63] On Seventh Avenue
[01:29.29] I do declare
[01:31.95] There were times when
[01:33.56] I was so lonesome
[01:35.13] I took some comfort there
[01:37.01] ♫ ♪ ♫
[02:09.14] Lie-la-lie . . .
[02:20.02] Then I’m laying out
[02:26.67] My winter clothes
[02:28.00] And wishing I was gone
[02:30.12] Going home
[02:32.51] Where the New York City
[02:34.64] Winters aren’t bleeding me
[02:37.82] Leading me
[02:41.81] Going home
[02:45.27] ♫
[02:48.98] In the clearing
[02:53.23] Stands a boxer
[02:54.29] And a fighter
[02:55.61] By his trade
[02:56.95] And he carries
[02:58.28] The remainders
[02:59.34] Of every glove
[03:01.20] That laid him down
[03:02.53] And cut him
[03:03.59] Till he cried out
[03:05.18] In his anger
[03:06.24] And his shame
[03:07.05] “I am leaving
[03:08.37] I am leaving”
[03:09.70] But the fighter
[03:11.03] Still remains
[03:12.08] ♫ ♫ Lie-la-lie
