The Boxer Lyrics

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
Bleeding 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 ...

Simon And Garfunkel - Old Friends Live on Stage

May 2024

1. A Hazy Shade Of Winter
2. America
3. American Tune
4. At The Zoo (p Simon, 1967)
5. Baby Driver
6. Bonus Track: Citizen of the Planet
7. Bridge Over Troubled Water
8. Bye Bye Love
9. Cecilia
10. El Condor Pasa
11. Hey, Schoolgirl
12. Homeward Bound
13. I Am A Rock
14. Kathy's Song
15. Leaves That Are Green
16. Mrs Robinson
17. My Little Town
18. Old Friends/Bookends
19. Opening Montage (America inst.)
20. Scarborough Fair
21. Slip Slidin' Away
22. The 59th Street Bridge Song (feelin' Groovy)
23. The Boxer
24. The Everly Brothers Intro
25. The Only Living Boy in New York
26. The Sound Of Silence
27. Tom and Jerry Story