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The Boxer (Live)
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The Boxer (Live) was released on October 18, 2019 by The Whiffenpoofs as a part of the album Live at Infinity Hall
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Release DateOctober 18, 2019
LabelThe Whiffenpoofs
LanguageEnglish
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

Credits

PERFORMING ARTISTS
The Whiffenpoofs
The Whiffenpoofs
Performer
COMPOSITION & LYRICS
Paul Simon
Paul Simon
Songwriter

Lyrics

I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance for a pocketful of mumbles
Such are promises
All lies and just
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 poor quarters where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know
Asking only workman's wages I go looking for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the girls on Seventh Avenue
I do declare there were times I was so
Lonesome that I took some comfort there
And I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
Leading me
Going home
In a clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid 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
Written by: Paul Simon
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