Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Boxer , by - Ainars Mielavs. Release date: 05.03.2009
Song language: English
The Boxer |
| I'm 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 |
| Mh - mh. |
| When I left my home and family |
| I was no more than a boy |
| In the company of strangers |
| In the quiet of a railway station |
| Running scared. |
| Laying low |
| Seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged |
| People go |
| Looking for the places only they would know. |
| Lie-la-lie |
| Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a job |
| But I get no offers |
| Just a comeon from the whores on Seventh Avenue. |
| I do declare |
| There were times when I was so lonesome |
| I took some comfort there |
| Oh la la |
| La la |
| La la. |
| Then I'm laying out my winter clothes |
| And wishing I was gone |
| Going home |
| Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me |
| Leading me going home |
| Mh - mh. |
| 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 an his shame: |
| I am leaving, I am leaving! |
| But the fighter still remains |
| Mh - mh. |