The Boxer Song Lyrics and Chords by Alison Krauss and Shawn Colvin
The Boxer
Recorded by Alison Krause and Shawn Colvin
Written by Paul Simon
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I am just a poor boy though my story's
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seldom
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told
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squandered my resistance
For a pocketful of mumbles such are
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promises
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lies and
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jest still a
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man hears what he
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wants to hear
And disregards the rest mmm
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mmm mmm
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mmm
When I left my home and my family I was no
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more than a
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boy
In the
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company of strangers
In the quiet of a railway station
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running
scared
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low seeking
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out the poorer
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quarters
Where the ragged people
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go
Looking
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for the places
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only they would
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know
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lie
Asking only workman's wages I come looking for a
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job
But I get no
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offers
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh
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clare there were
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times when I was so
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lonesome
I took some comfort there mmm
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mmm mmm
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lie
Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was
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gone going
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home
Where the New York City winters aren't
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bleeding
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me going
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home
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In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his
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trade
And he
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carries the reminders
Of every glove that laid him down
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cut him till he cried out
In his anger and his
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shame I am
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leaving
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leaving but the fighter still
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remains mmm
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FAQ
Who sang the the song The Boxer?
- The song The Boxer was sang by Alison Krauss and Shawn Colvin.
Who is Alison Krauss and Shawn Colvin?
- Shawn Colvin (born Shawna Lee Colvin, January 10, 1956) is an American singer-songwriter and musician. While Colvin has been a solo recording artist for decades, she is best known for her 1998 Grammy Award-winning song "Sunny Came Home".
