The Boxer-Nu Lounge

[00:07.07]I am just a poor boy [00:08.76]though my story's seldom told. [00:11.31]I have squandered my resistance [00:13.96]for a pocketful of mumbles' [00:16.27]such are promises. [00:19.85]All lies and jest. [00:21.66]Still' a man hears what he wants to hear [00:25.74]and disregards the rest. [00:27.12]Mmm....... [00:28.32]Mmm....... [00:36.24]When I left my home [00:37.68]and my family. [00:38.87]I was no more than a boy. [00:41.76]In the company of strangers' [00:44.01]in the quiet of the railway station [00:47.08]running scared. [00:50.52]Laying low' [00:51.64]seeking out the poorer quarters [00:54.78]where the ragged people go. [00:56.91]Looking for the places [00:58.86]only they would know. [01:02.31]Lie-la-lie..... [01:04.62]Lie-la-lie..... [01:17.92]Asking only workman's wages' [01:20.49]I come looking for a job [01:22.86]but I get no offers. [01:25.79]Just a come-on from the whores [01:27.92]on Seventh Avenue. [01:31.49]I do declare' [01:33.30]there were times [01:34.50]when I was so lonesome [01:36.74]I took some comfort there. [01:38.57]Lie-la-lie..... [01:46.25] [02:11.13]Lie-la-lie..... [02:13.72]Lie-la-lie..... [02:16.79] [02:26.97]Then I'm laying out [02:28.90]my winter clothes [02:29.90]and wishing I was gone. [02:32.04]Going home' [02:34.47]where the New York City winters [02:36.84]aren't bleeding me. [02:40.52]Leading me [02:44.64]going home. [02:49.71] [02:53.72]In the clearing stands a boxer' [02:55.97]and a fighter by his trade. [02:58.59]And he carries the reminders [03:01.24]of ev'ry glove that laid him down [03:03.94]or cut him till he cried out. [03:06.32]In his anger and his shame' [03:08.51]"I am leaving' I am leaving." [03:11.13]But the fighter still remains. [03:13.92]Mmm............ [03:18.94]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie [03:26.40]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie [03:30.89]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie [03:36.23]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie [03:41.28]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie [03:46.40]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie [03:51.47]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie [03:56.60]Lie-la-lie..............Lie-la-lie