The Boxer

[Verse 1]

I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told

I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles

Such are promises

All lies and jest

Still a man hears what he wants to hear

And disregards the rest, hmm

[Verse 2]

When I left my home and my family

I was no more than a boy

In the company of strangers

In the quiet of the railway station

Runnin' scared, laying low

Seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go

Looking for the places only they would know

[Chorus]

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[Verse 3]

Asking only workman's wages

I come lookin' for a job but I get no offers

Just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue

I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome

I took some comfort there, la la la la la la la

[Verse 4]

Now the years are rolling by me

They are rockin' evenly

I am older than I once was

And younger than I'll be; that's not unusual

Nor is it strange

After changes upon changes

We are more or less the same

After changes we are more or less the same

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[Verse 5]

And I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone

Goin' home

Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me

Leading me

Going home

[Verse 6]

In the clearing stands a boxer

And a fighter by his trade

And he carries the reminders

Of every glove that laid him down

Or cut him till he cried out in his anger and his shame

"I am leaving, I am leaving", but the fighter still remains

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