The Boxer

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I am just a poor boy though my 
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story's seldom told
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I have squandered my resistance
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For a pocket full of mumbles, such
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 are promises
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All lies and jest, still a man 
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hears what he wants to hear
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And disregards the rest
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When I left my home and my family, 
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I was no more than a boy
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        In the company of strangers
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In the quiet of a railway station, 
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running scared
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Laying low, seeking out the poorer 
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quarters
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Where the ragged people go
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Looking for the places only they 
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would know

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Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie la lie Lie
 la lie Lie la lie
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Asking only workman's wages I come 
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looking for a job
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But I get no offers
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Just a come-on from the whores on 
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Seventh Avenue
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I do declare, there were times 
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when I was so lonesome
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I took some comfort there

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Lie lie lie lie la

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Then I'm laying out my winter 
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clothes and wishing I was gone
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Going home where the New York 
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City winters aren't bleeding me
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Leading me, going home

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In the clearing stands a boxer and 
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a fighter by his trade
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And he carries a reminder ov ev'ry 
glove that laid him down
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Or cut him till he cried out in his
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 anger and his shame
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I am leaving, I am leaving
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But the fighter still remains
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Lie la lie ... etc