THE BOXER Paul Simeon
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I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told, I have squandered my resistance
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for a pocket full of mumbles such are promises.
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All lies and jests , still a man hears what he wants to hear,
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and disregards the rest, m m m m m m m m m m m.
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When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy,
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In the company of strangers, in the quiet of the railway station running scared.
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Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters , where the ragged people go,
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looking for the places only they would know.
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Lie la lie, Le la lie la lei la lei, lie la lie,
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lie la lie la lei la lei, la la la la lei.
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Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for a job, but I get no offers,
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just a "Come-on" from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
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I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome,
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I took some comfort there, Oooo la la la la la la
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Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone, going home,
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where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me, leading me, going home.
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In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade,
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and he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down,
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or cut him till he cried out . In his anger and his shame, -
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"I am leaving, I am leaving" , but the fighter still remains. mmmmmmmm.
CHORUS
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Lie la lie, Le la lie la lei la lei, lie la lie,
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lie la lie la lei la lei, la la la la lei.
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Lie la lie, Le la lie la lei la lei, lie la lie,
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lie la lie la lei la lei, la la la la lei.