Jimmy Sharman's Boxers Lyrics

The song Jimmy Sharman's Boxers is performed by Midnight Oil in the album named Best of Both Worlds in the year 2007 .



From the red dust north of Dalmore Downs
Sharman's tents roll into town
Twelve will face the auctioneer
Sharman's boxers stand their ground

Their days are darker than your nights
But they won't be the first to fall
Children broken from their dreams
But they won't be the first to fall

Fighting in the spotlight
Eyes turn blacker than their skin
For Jimmy Sharman's boxers
It's no better if you win

Standing in the darkness
Lined up waiting for the bell
The days are wasted drinking
At the first and last hotel

Why are we fighting for this?
Why are you paying for this?
You pay to see me fall
Like shrapnel to the floor

What is the reason for this?
There is a reason for this?
What is the reason
They keeping coming back for more?

The blows now bring him to his knees
But still the crowd calls out for more, for more
The drums are burning in his ears
The man keeps counting out the score

This is the place of first and last hotel
This is the place of first and last hotel
Stand on your face of first and last hotel
Not in the race of first and last hotel

Fighting in the spotlight
Eyes turn blacker than their skin
For Jimmy Sharman's boxers
It's no better if you win

Standing in the darkness
Lined up waiting for the bell
The days are wasted drinking
At the first and last hotel

Why are we fighting for this?
Why are you paying for this?
You pay to see me fall
Like shrapnel to the floor

What is the reason for this?
There is a reason for this?
What is the reason
They keeping coming back for more?

Why are we fighting?
Why are you paying?
Why why why why?
Why are we fighting?

Why are we fighting?

What is the reason
They keeping coming back for more?



Midnight Oil - Best of Both Worlds

May 2007

  1. Introduction [DVD]
  2. Best of Both Worlds [DVD]
  3. When the Generals Talk [DVD]
  4. Minutes to Midnight [DVD]
  5. Sleep [DVD]
  6. Only the Strong [DVD]
  7. Short Memory [DVD]
  8. Kosciuszko [DVD]
  9. Us Forces [DVD]
  10. Jimmy Sharman's Boxers [DVD]
  11. Back on the Borderline [DVD]
  12. Tin Legs & Tin Mines [DVD]
  13. Don't Wanna Be the One [DVD]
  14. Power & The Passion [DVD]
  15. Read About It [DVD]
  16. Harrisburg [DVD]
  17. Stand in Line [DVD]
  18. End Credits [DVD]
  19. Only the Strong [DVD]
  20. Brave Faces [DVD]
  21. Short Memory [DVD]
  22. Knife's Edge [DVD]
  23. Power & The Passion [DVD]
  24. Armistice Day [DVD]
  25. No Time for Games [DVD]
  26. Quinella Holiday [DVD]
  27. Lucky Country [DVD]
  28. Don't Wanna Be the One [DVD]
  29. Burnie [DVD]
  30. Powderworks [DVD]
  31. End Credits [DVD]
  32. Jimmy Sharman's Boxers [DVD]
  33. Lucky Country [DVD]
  34. Tin Legs and Tin Mines [DVD]
  35. Don't Wanna Be the One [DVD]
  36. Power & The Passion [DVD]
  37. Read About It [DVD]
  38. Harrisburg [DVD]
  39. Stand in Line [DVD]
  40. No Reaction [DVD][Mix]
  41. Section 5 (Bus to Bondi) [the Truck Mix][Multimedia Track]
  42. Somebody's Trying to Tell Me Something [the Truck Mix][Multimedia Track
  43. Run by Night [DVD][Mix]
  44. Best of Both Worlds
  45. When the Generals Talk
  46. Minutes to Midnight
  47. Sleep
  48. Only the Strong
  49. Short Memory
  50. Kosciuszko
  51. Us Forces
  52. Jimmy Sharman's Boxers
  53. Back on the Borderline
  54. Tin Legs and Tin Mines
  55. Don't Wanna Be the One
  56. Power & The Passion
  57. Read About It
  58. Harrisburg
  59. Stand in Line

Jimmy Sharman's Boxers