Paul Simon - The Boxer
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I am just a poor boy.
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Though my story's seldom told,
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I have squandered my resistance
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For a pocket full of mumbles, Such are promises
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All lies and jest
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Still a man hears what he wants to hear
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And disregards the rest.
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When I left my home
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And my family,
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I was no more than a boy
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In the company of strangers
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In the quiet of the railway station,
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Running scared,
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Laying low,
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Seeking out the poorer quarters
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Where the ragged people go
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Looking for the places
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Only they would know
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Lie-la-lie,
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Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie lie-la-lie,
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Lie-la-lie la la la la, Lie la la la la lie.
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Asking only workman's wages
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I come looking for a job,
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But I get no offers,
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Just a come-on from the whores
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On Seventh Avenue
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I do declare,
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There were times when I was so lonesome
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I took some comfort there.
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Ooo-la-la la-la la-la
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Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
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And wishing I was gone,
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Going home
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Where the New York City winters
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Aren't bleeding me,
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Leading me - e,
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Going home.
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In the clearing stands a boxer,
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And a fighter by his trade
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And he carries the reminders
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Of ev'ry glove that laid him down
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Or cut him till he cried out
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In his anger and his shame,
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"I am leaving, I am leaving."
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But the fighter still remains
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Lie-la-lie,
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Lie-la-lie la lie-la-lie lie-la-lie,
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Lie-la-lie la la la la, Lie la la la la lie.