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This song is performed by Simon And Garfunkel and appears on the album Bridge Over Troubled Water (1970).

This song has been translated into 한국어 (Korean).

This song also appears…

on the album Simon And Garfunkel's Greatest Hits (1972)
on the box set The Columbia Studio Recordings, 1964-1970 (1981)
on the album Concert In Central Park (1981)
on the box set Old Friends (1997)
on the album The Best Of Simon & Garfunkel
on the album Tales From New York: The Very Best Of Simon & Garfunkel (2000)
on the soundtrack Intolerable Cruelty (2003)
on the album The Definitive Simon & Garfunkel (2003)
on the album The Essential Simon & Garfunkel (2003)
on the album Capitol Gold Legends, Vol. 3 (2004)
on the album Old Friends: Live On Stage (2004)
on the album Live 1969 (2007)
on the compilation Knuffelrock Vol 8 (1996)

This song has been covered by…

Across The Border under the title "The Boxer"
Ariane Moffatt under the title "The Boxer"
Bob Dylan under the title "The Boxer"
Chet Atkins under the title "The Boxer"
Coleske under the title "The Boxer"
Colin Linden under the title "The Boxer"
Emmerson Nogueira under the title "The Boxer"
Emmylou Harris under the title "The Boxer"
Henson Cargill under the title "Boxer"
James Last under the title "The Boxer"
Joan Baez under the title "The Boxer"
Me First And The Gimme Gimmes under the title "The Boxer"
Mumford & Sons under the title "The Boxer"
Paul Simon under the title "The Boxer"
Royal Philharmonic Orchestra under the title "The Boxer"
Shawn Colvin under the title "The Boxer"
The Bobs under the title "The Boxer"
The Waltons under the title "The Boxer"
Waylon Jennings under the title "The Boxer"

The Boxer

was a Billboard Hit!

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The Boxer

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I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles
Such are promises
All lies and jest
Still, a man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm-mm
Mm-mm-mm-mm-mm

When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station
Running scared
Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters
Where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know

Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie

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

Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie
Lie-la-lie
Lie-la-lie-lie-lie-lie-lie, lie-lie-lie-lie-lie

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

In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
And cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains
Mm-mm-mm

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