[ti:The Boxer]
[ar:Lee DeWyze]
[00:01.12]Artist :Lee  DeWyze
[00:01.80]Title :The  Boxer
[00:02.87]I  am  just  a  poor  boythough  my  story ＇s  seldom  told.
[00:07.93]I  have  squandered  my  resistance
[00:11.62]for  a  pocketful  of  mumbles,
[00:13.99]such  are  promises.
[00:17.43]All  lies  and  jest.
[00:19.18]Still,a  man  hears  what  he  wants  to  hear
[00:22.43]and  disregards  the  rest.
[00:24.86]Mmm...
[00:35.05]When  I  left  my  home
[00:36.43]and  my  family.
[00:37.74]I  was  no  more  than  a  boy.
[00:40.24]In  the  company  of  strangers,
[00:43.05]in  the  quiet  of  the  railway  station
[00:47.05]running  scared.
[00:49.99]Laying  low,
[00:51.30]seeking  out  the  poorer  quarters
[00:54.93]where  the  ragged  people  go.
[00:57.24]Looking  for  the  places
[00:59.24]only  they  would  know.
[01:02.74]La-la-la...
[01:19.86]Asking  only  workman ＇s  wages,
[01:21.61]I  come  looking  for  a  job
[01:25.30]but  I  get  no  offers.
[01:28.61]Just  a  come-on  from  the  whores
[01:30.93]on  Seventh  Avenue.
[01:34.99]I  do  declare,
[01:35.74]there  were  times
[01:37.61]when  I  was  so  lonesome
[01:39.55]I  took  some  comfort  there.
[01:49.75]Now  the  years  are  rolling  by  me
[01:52.49]They  are  rockin ＇easily
[01:54.00]I  am  older  than  I  once  was
[01:57.50]and  younger  than  I ＇ll  be
[02:01.12]That ＇s  not  unusual.
[02:04.75]It  isn ＇t  strange
[02:06.68]after  changes  upon  changes
[02:09.06]we  are  more  or  less  the  same
[02:11.87]After  changes  we  are  more  or  less  the  same
[02:17.43]La-la-la...
[02:35.12]And  I ＇m  laying  out
[02:36.68]my  winter  clothes
[02:37.43]and  wishing  I  was  gone.
[02:40.68]Going  home,
[02:43.43]where  the  New  York  City  winters
[02:46.12]aren ＇t  bleeding  me.
[02:49.93]Leading  me
[02:54.43]going  home.
[03:04.68]In  the  clearing  stands  a  boxer,
[03:06.80]and  a  fighter  by  his  trade.
[03:10.06]And  he  carries  the  reminders
[03:13.24]of  ev ＇ry  glove  that  laid  him  down
[03:15.80]or  cut  him  till  he  cried  out.
[03:19.12]In  his  anger  and  his  shame,
[03:21.43]＂I  am  leaving,I  am  leaving.＂
[03:24.18]But  the  fighter  still  remains.
[03:27.06]＂I  am  leaving...＂
[03:29.12]But  the  fighter  still  remains.
[03:32.43]La-la-la...