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The Boxer
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Emmylou Harris
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I am just a poor boy though my story's seldom told
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I have squandered my existence
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On a pocket full of mumbles such are promises
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All lies in jest, till a man hears what he wants to hear
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And disregards the rest
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Well I left my home and my family I was no more than a boy
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In the company of strangers
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In the quiet of the railway station runnin' scared
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Layin' low seeking out the poor quarters
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Where the ragged people go, looking for the places
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Only they would know
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Li Li Li [etc.]
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Only seeking workman's wages I come looking for a job
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But I get no offers
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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
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In a-laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was home
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Going home
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Where the New York City winters aren't a-bleeding me
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Bleeding me
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Going home
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Da Da Da [etc.]
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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
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Of every bloke that laid him down or cleft him
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Till he cried out in his anger and his shame
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I am leaving, I am leaving
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But the fighter still remains
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Li Li Li [etc.]
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