The song The Boxer is performed by Emmylou Harris in the album named Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Years in the year 2001 .
(Paul Simon)
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, till a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
Well I left my home and family I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station runnin' scared
Layin' low seeking out the poor quarters
Where the ragged people go, looking for the places
Only they would know
Li Li Li [etc.]
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-bleding me
Bleeding me
Going home
Da Da Da [etc.]
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
Till he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving
But the fighter still remains
Li Li Li [etc.]
Emmylou Harris - Anthology: The Warner/Reprise Years
- Too Far Gone
- If I Could Only Win Your Love
- Boulder to Birmingham
- Together Again
- Here, There and Everywhere
- One of These Days
- Sweet Dreams (Live)
- (You Never Can Tell) C'est La Vie
- Making Believe
- Easy from Now On
- To Daddy
- Two More Bottles of Wine
- Save the Last Dance for Me
- Beneath Still Waters
- Blue Kentucky Girl
- Wayfaring Stranger
- That Lovin' You Feelin' Again (with Roy Orbison)
- The Boxer
- Precious Love
- Fools Thin Air
- Mister Sandman
- Colors of Your Heart
- If I Needed You (with Don Williams)
- Tennessee Rose
- Born to Run
- Another Pot o' Tea
- I'm Movin' On (Live)
- (Lost His Love) On Our Last Date (Live)
- So Sad (to Watch Good Love Go Bad) (Live)
- Maybe Tonight
- Drivin' Wheel
- In My Dreams
- Pledging My Love
- Someone Like You
- White Line
- Rhythm Guitar
- Timberline
- I Had My Heart Set on You
- Today I Started Loving You Again
- To Know Him is to Love Him (with Dolly Parton & Linda Ronstadt)
- Heartbreak Hill
- Heaven Only Knows
- I Still Miss Someone
- Wheels of Love