1. 74, 75 (THE CONNELLS ... - Didi's Guitar Page

THE BOXER (Simon & Garfunkle)
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1. I am just a poor boy, though my story's seldom told,
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I have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles such are promises.
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All lies and jests , still a man hears what he wants to hear,
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and disregards the rest, m m m m m m m m m m m.
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2. When I left my home and my family, I was no more than a boy,
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in the company of strangers, in the quiet of the railway station running scared.
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Laying low, - seeking out the poorer quarters , where the ragged people go,
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looking for the places only they would know.
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Lie la lie, lie la lie la lei la lei, lie la lie, lie la lie la lei la lei, la la la la lei.
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3. Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for a job,
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but I get no offers, - just a "Come-on" from the whores on Seventh Avenue.
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I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome,
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I took some comfort there, la la la la la la, la la la la la. Lie la lie.....
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4. Then I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone,
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going home, - where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me,
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bleeding me, going home.
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In the clearing stands a boxer and a fighter by his trade,
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and he carries the reminders of every glove that laid him down,
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or cut him till he cried out . In his anger and his shame, -
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"I am leaving, I am leaving" , but the fighter still remains. mmmmmmmm
Lie la lie....