Song information On this page you can find the lyrics of the song The Boxer, artist - Emmylou Harris. Album song The 80's Studio Album Collection, in the genre Поп
Date of issue: 03.11.2014
Record label: Rhino Entertainment Company
Song language: English
The Boxer |
I am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told |
I have squandered my existence |
On a pocket full of mumbles such are promises |
All lies in jest 'til a man hears what he wants to hear |
And disregards the rest |
Well, 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, running scared, laying low |
Seeking out the poor quarters where the ragged people go |
Looking for the places only they would know |
Only seeking workman’s wages |
I come looking 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 |
In a-laying out my winter clothes |
And wishing I was home, going home |
Where the New York City winters aren’t a-bleeding me |
Bleeding me, going home |
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade |
And he carries the reminders |
Of every bloke that laid him down or cleft him |
'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame |
I am leaving, I am leaving but the fighter still remains |