The Boxer Lyrics - Lee Dewyze

I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told 

I've squandered my resistance 

For a pocketful of mumbles 

Such are promises 

All lies and jest 

Still the 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, runnin' scared 

Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters 

Where the ragged people go 

Looking for the places only they would know 

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Li la li 

Li la la la, li la li 

Li la li 

Li la la la, li la li 

La la la la, li 

Asking only workman's wages 

I come lookin' for a job but I get no offers 

Just a come on from the whores on Seventh Avenue 

I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome 

I took some comfort there 

La la la la la la la 

Li la li 

Li la la la, li la li 

Li la li 

Li la la la, li la li 

La la la la, li 

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And I'm laying out my winter clothes 

And wishing I was gone, goin' home 

Where the New York City winters aren't bleedin' me 

Leadin' me goin' home 

In the 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 

'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame 

I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains 

Li la li 

Li la la la, li la li 

Li la li 

Li la la la, li la li 

La la la la, li 

Li la la la, li la li 

Li la li 

Li la la la, li la li 

La la la la, li 

Li la la la, li la li 

Li la li 

Li la la la, li la li 

La la la la, li 

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