Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Boxer, artist - Deana Carter. Album song The Chain, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 31.12.2006
Record label: Vanguard
Song language: English
The Boxer |
I am just a poor boy |
Though my story is 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 |
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 |
Layin' low, seekin' out the poorer quarters |
Where the ragged people go |
Lookin' for the places, only they would know |
Lie-la-lie |
Asking only workman’s wages |
I come lookin' for a job |
But I get no offers, just a come on |
From the whores on Seventh Avenue |
I do declare there were times |
When I was so lonesome |
I took some comfort there |
La, la, la, la, la, la, la |
Lie-la-lie |
And I’m layin' out my winter clothes |
And wishin' I was gone, goin' home |
Where the New York City winters aren’t bleedin' me |
Leadin' me home, goin' home |
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 'til he cried out |
In his anger and his shame |
«I am leavin', I am leavin'» |
But the fighter still remains, still remains |
Lie-la-lie |