THE BOXER - Simon and Garfunkel
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I am just a poor boy, though my story’s seldom told
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I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles, such are promises
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All lies and jest, still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards rest.
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When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy
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In the company of strangers, in the quiet of a railway station, running scared
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Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go
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Looking for the places only they would know.
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Lie la lie, lie la la lie la lie, lie la lie
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Lie la la, la la la lie, la la la la lie.
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Asking only workman’s wages, I come looking for a job
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But I get no offers, just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue
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I do declare there were times when I was so lonesome, I took comfort there
Ooh la la, la la la la.
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Lie la lie, lie la la lie la lie, lie la lie
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Lie la la, la la la lie, la la la la lie.
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Then I’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
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Going home, where the New York City winters aren’t
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Bleeding me,
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Leading me, going home.
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In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
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And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
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Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame
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“I am leaving, I am leaving” but the fighter still remains.
C Am G G Am
Lie la lie, lie la la lie la lie, lie la lie
Am F G C
Lie la la, la la la lie, la la la la lie.
