Song information On this page you can read the lyrics of the song The Boxer , by - Jerry Douglas. Release date: 31.12.2011
Song language: English
The Boxer |
| I am just a poor boy |
| Though my story’s seldom told |
| I have squandered my resistance |
| For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises |
| All lies and jests |
| 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 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 come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue |
| I do declare |
| There were times when I was so lonesome |
| I took some comfort there |
| Lie la lie … |
| 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 |
| In the clearing stands a boxer |
| And a fighter by his trade |
| And he carries the reminders |
| Of ev’ry glove that layed 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 |
| Lie la lie … |