Lyrics The Boxer (Live).lrc Simon & Garfunkel
[id: unakxypo]
[ar: Simon & Garfunkel]
[al: The Concert In Central Park]
[ti: The Boxer (Live)]
[length: 06:02]
[00:05.60]I am just a poor boy
[00:07.64]Though my story’s seldom told
[00:10.93]I have squandered my resistance
[00:16.37]For a pocketful of mumbles
[00:18.73]Such are promises
[00:22.63]All lies and jest
[00:24.45]Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
[00:27.73]And disregards the rest
[00:28.99]
[00:40.59]When I left my home and my family
[00:42.10]I was no more than a boy
[00:45.59]In the company of strangers
[00:49.07]In the quiet of the railway station
[00:52.17]Running scared
[00:55.63]Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
[01:00.05]Where the ragged people go
[01:02.75]Looking for the places only they would know
[01:08.53]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
[01:14.58]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
[01:26.09]Asking only workman’s wages
[01:29.10]I come looking for a job
[01:31.54]But I get no offers
[01:34.90]Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
[01:41.68]I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
[01:46.86]I took some comfort there
[01:49.18]La-la-la-la-la-la-la
[01:51.32]
[01:59.98]Now the years are rolling by me
[02:02.84]They are rocking evenly
[02:05.11]And I am older than I once was
[02:08.93]And younger than I’ll be
[02:10.71]But that’s not unusual
[02:15.23]No, it isn’t strange
[02:17.14]After changes upon changes
[02:20.34]We are more or less the same
[02:23.15]After changes we are
[02:25.42]More or less the same
[02:28.56]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
[02:34.28]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
[02:43.07]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
[02:48.99]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
[02:58.08]Then I’m laying out my winter clothes
[03:01.26]Wishing I was gone
[03:03.69]Going home
[03:07.04]Where the New York City winters aren’t bleeding me
[03:13.73]Leading me
[03:18.02]To going home
[03:19.42]
[03:28.88]In the clearing stands a boxer
[03:31.67]And a fighter by his trade
[03:34.24]And he carries the reminders
[03:37.86]Of every glove that laid him down
[03:40.66]And cut him till he cried out
[03:43.25]In his anger and his shame
[03:45.80]”I am leaving, I am leaving”
[03:48.87]But the fighter still remains, he’s still remains
[03:57.71]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
[04:03.17]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
[04:11.83]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
[04:17.69]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
[04:23.22]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
[04:29.05]Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
[04:47.93]Thank you, good night
[04:49.41]Thank you, thanks
[04:52.86]Year of Release: 1970