The Boxer (American Idol Studio Version)-Lee DeWyze

[00:01.12]Artist :Lee DeWyze [00:01.80]Title :The Boxer [00:02.87]I am just a poor boythough my story ＇s seldom told. [00:07.93]I have squandered my resistance [00:11.62]for a pocketful of mumbles, [00:13.99]such are promises. [00:17.43]All lies and jest. [00:19.18]Still,a man hears what he wants to hear [00:22.43]and disregards the rest. [00:24.86]Mmm... [00:35.05]When I left my home [00:36.43]and my family. [00:37.74]I was no more than a boy. [00:40.24]In the company of strangers, [00:43.05]in the quiet of the railway station [00:47.05]running scared. [00:49.99]Laying low, [00:51.30]seeking out the poorer quarters [00:54.93]where the ragged people go. [00:57.24]Looking for the places [00:59.24]only they would know. [01:02.74]La-la-la... [01:19.86]Asking only workman ＇s wages, [01:21.61]I come looking for a job [01:25.30]but I get no offers. [01:28.61]Just a come-on from the whores [01:30.93]on Seventh Avenue. [01:34.99]I do declare, [01:35.74]there were times [01:37.61]when I was so lonesome [01:39.55]I took some comfort there. [01:49.75]Now the years are rolling by me [01:52.49]They are rockin ＇easily [01:54.00]I am older than I once was [01:57.50]and younger than I ＇ll be [02:01.12]That ＇s not unusual. [02:04.75]It isn ＇t strange [02:06.68]after changes upon changes [02:09.06]we are more or less the same [02:11.87]After changes we are more or less the same [02:17.43]La-la-la... [02:35.12]And I ＇m laying out [02:36.68]my winter clothes [02:37.43]and wishing I was gone. [02:40.68]Going home, [02:43.43]where the New York City winters [02:46.12]aren ＇t bleeding me. [02:49.93]Leading me [02:54.43]going home. [03:04.68]In the clearing stands a boxer, [03:06.80]and a fighter by his trade. [03:10.06]And he carries the reminders [03:13.24]of ev ＇ry glove that laid him down [03:15.80]or cut him till he cried out. [03:19.12]In his anger and his shame, [03:21.43]＂I am leaving,I am leaving.＂ [03:24.18]But the fighter still remains. [03:27.06]＂I am leaving...＂ [03:29.12]But the fighter still remains. [03:32.43]La-la-la...