Ben Howard《The Boxer》[MP3_LRC]

[00:00.00]90听音乐网 www.90T8.com  [00:13.63]I am just a poor boy [00:15.88]Though my story's seldom told [00:18.04]I have squandered my resistance [00:20.32]For a pocket full of mumbles such are promises [00:24.04]All lies and jests [00:27.36]Still a man hears what he wants to hear [00:29.82]And disregards the rest [00:39.01]When I left my home and my family [00:41.17]I was no more than a boy [00:43.09]In the company of strangers [00:45.40]In the quiet of the railway station running scared [00:50.93]Laying low, seeking out the poorer quarters [00:54.35]Where the ragged people go [00:56.39]Looking for the places only they would know [01:02.32]Lie la lie ... [01:25.71]Asking only workman's wages [01:27.99]I come looking for a job [01:29.76]But I get no offers, [01:32.28]Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue [01:38.15]I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome [01:41.84]I took some comfort there [01:51.21]Lie la lie ... [01:54.03]Then I'm laying out my winter clothes [02:16.77]And wishing I was gone [02:18.30]Going home [02:20.37]Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me [02:28.07]Leading me, to going home [02:32.63]In the clearing stands a boxer [02:42.96]And a fighter by his trade [02:44.82]And he carries the reminders [02:47.25]Of ev'ry glove that layed him down [02:49.26]Or cut him till he cried out [02:51.33]In his anger and his shame [02:53.22]"I am leaving, I am leaving" [02:55.26]But the fighter still remains [03:05.04]Lie la lie ...