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
When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of a 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...
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
When I left my home and my family
I was no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of a 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...
The
Boxer is not my all time favourite Simon & Garfunkel song
(maybe Sounds of Silence or even the classic, BOTW). But it is a great song.
It was released in 1969 so it is coming up to its
Golden Anniversary soon!
It's a song of success and failure. It resonates with us all – even if, like me,
you don't have any time for the sport of boxing.
The song is just outside Rolling Stone's top 100
greatest songs of all time.
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