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The Boxer
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The Boxer was released on May 17, 2013 by RCA Red Seal as a part of the album The King's Singers - Original Album Classics
ReleasedMay 17, 2013
LabelRCA Red Seal
LanguageEnglish
BPM90
Melodicness
Acousticness
Valence
Danceability
Energy

Music Video

Music Video

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 jests
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 poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go looking for the places only they would know
Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for a job
But I get no offers, just a come-up from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare there were times when I was
So lonesome I took some comfort there
Then 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, leading me, going home
In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trail
And he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down
Or cut him 'til 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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