The Boxer ( Paul Simon )

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I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told. I have
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squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles such are promises.

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All lies in jest still a man hears what he wants to hear and disregards the rest. 
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Hmm,- hmm,-

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When I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy in the company of strangers,
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in the quiet of the railway station runnin' scared.

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Lay-ing low, seeking out the poorer quarters where the ragged people go,
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lookin' for the places has only they would know.

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Lie la lie   lie la lie__ lie   lie_ la lie__	Lie la lie
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lie la lie____ lie lie la lie____ la la la la

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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 I took some comfort there.
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Ooo-la-la la la la la.

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Lie la lie   lie la lie__ lie   lie_ la lie__	Lie la lie
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lie la lie____ lie lie la lie____ la la la la

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Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
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Going home where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,
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Leading m-----e, 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 ev'ry glove that's laid him down
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Or cut him 'til he cried out in his anger and his shame
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"I am leaving, I am leaving." But the fighter still remains.

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Lie la lie   lie la lie__ lie   lie_ la lie__	Lie la lie
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lie la lie____ lie lie la lie____ la la la la

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