Paul Simon - The Boxer (Live From Paris)

[00:00.00] 《The Boxer》

[00:05.98] Paul Simon

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[00:35.60] I am just a poor boy.

[00:38.71] Though my story's seldom told,

[00:41.82] I have squandered my resistance

[00:44.36] For a pocketful of mumbles,

[00:46.92] Such are promises

[00:50.86] All lies and jest

[00:52.56] Still, a man hears what he wants to hear

[00:55.95] And disregards the rest.

[01:08.42] When I left my home

[01:10.11] And my family,

[01:11.24] I was no more than a boy

[01:14.07] In the company of strangers

[01:16.90] In the quiet of the railway station,

[01:19.17] Running scared,

[01:23.42] Laying low,

[01:24.84] Seeking out the poorer quarters

[01:27.95] Where the ragged people go,

[01:31.06] Looking for the places

[01:32.76] Only they would know.

[01:36.16] CHORUSLie-la-lie.....

[01:53.98] Asking only workman's wages

[01:56.24] I come looking for a job,

[01:58.79] But I get no offers.

[02:02.46] Just a come-on from the whores

[02:04.74] On Seventh Avenue

[02:08.69] I do declare,

[02:10.68] There were times when I was so lonesome

[02:13.51] I took some comfort there.

[02:16.34] CHORUS Lie-la-lie.....

[02:52.84] CHORUS Lie-la-lie.....

[03:20.00] Then I'm laying out my winter clothes

[03:22.27] And wishing I was gone

[03:25.66] Going home

[03:28.77] Where the New York City winters

[03:31.03] Aren't bleeding me,

[03:34.43] Leading me,

[03:39.24] Going home.

[03:49.98] In the clearing stands a boxer,

[03:52.52] And a fighter by his trade

[03:57.03] And he carries the reminders

[03:59.01] Of ev'ry glove that laid him down

[04:02.42] Or cut him till he cried out

[04:04.40] In his anger and his shame,

[04:06.66] "I am leaving, I am leaving."

[04:09.76] But the fighter still remains

[04:43.11] By eric 1/7/2002