Текст песни: The Boxer + перевод

i am just a poor boy though my story’s seldom told

i have squandered my resistance for a pocket full of mumbles

such are promises

all lies and jest

still a man hears what he wants to hear

and disregards the rest

when i left my home and 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 poor corners where the ragged people go

looking for the places only they would know

lai lai lai

lai lai lai…

asking only workman’s wages i come looking for ajob

but i get no offers

just a come-on from the whores on seventh avenue

i do declare

there were tiems when i was so lonesome

i took some comfort there

i took some comfort there

lai lai lai

lai lai lai …

when i’m laying out my winter clothes and wishing i was gone

going home

where the new york city winters aren’t bleeding me

bleeding 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 or cut him 'till he cried out in his anger

and his shame

i am leaving

i am leaving

but the fighter still remains

but the fighter still remains

lai lai lai

lai lai lai…

lai lai lai

lai lai lai…

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