The Boxer-The King's Singers/Paul Simon

[00:00.00] 作曲 : Paul Simon [00:06.03]I am just a poor boy [00:07.90]Though my story's seldom told [00:10.35]I have squandered my resistance [00:13.29]For a pocketful of mumbles [00:15.87]Such are promises [00:19.32]All lies and jest [00:20.92]Still a man hears what he wants to hear [00:24.01]And disregards the rest [00:26.22]Mmm [00:29.93]Mmm [00:35.76]When I left my home [00:37.19]And my family [00:38.46]I was no more than a boy [00:40.70]In the company of strangers' [00:43.64]In the quiet of the railway station [00:46.59]Running scared [00:50.03]Laying low [00:51.30]Seeking out the poorer quarters [00:53.93]Where the ragged people go [00:56.47]Looking for the places [00:58.62]Only they would know [01:01.75]Lie-la-lie [01:10.51]Lie-la-lie [01:17.76]Asking only workman's wages [01:20.51]I come looking for a job [01:22.63]But I get no offers [01:25.91]Just a come-on from the whores [01:27.78]On Seventh Avenue [01:32.00]I do declare [01:33.58]There were times [01:34.67]When I was so lonesome [01:36.38]I took some comfort there [01:38.92]Lie-la-lie [02:11.96]Then I'm laying out [02:13.26]My winter clothes [02:14.78]And wishing I was gone [02:16.88]Going home [02:20.10]Where the New York City winters [02:22.33]Aren't bleeding me [02:26.33]Leading me [02:30.41]Going home [02:39.68]In the clearing stands a boxer [02:42.13]And a fighter by his trade [02:44.56]And he carries the reminders [02:47.65]Of every glove that laid him down [02:50.31]Or cut him till he cried out [02:53.00]In his anger and his shame [02:55.33]"I am leaving' I am leaving " [02:57.82]But the fighter still remains [03:00.47]Mmm [03:06.98]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie [03:32.97]Lie-la-lie Lie-la-lie