Lyrics




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, hmmm
When I left my home and my family, I's no more than a boy
In the company of strangers
In the quiet of the railway station, runnin' scared, laying low
Seeking out the poorer quarters, where the ragged people go
Looking for the places only they would know.
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Asking only workman's wages, I come lookin' for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whores on 7th Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
La la la
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
La, la, la, la, la, la, la
Instrumental
And I'm laying out my winter clothes and wishing I was gone
Goin' home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleedin' me, leadin' me
Goin' 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
'Til he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
Still remains
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li
Li la li



Writer(s): ANNIE GAWENDA, PAUL SIMON


Paul Simon - 1964-1993

1   The Obvious Child
2   The Sound Of Silence
3   Loves Me Like a Rock
4   American Tune
5   Something So Right
6   Peace Like a River
7   Leaves That Are Green
8   Jonah
9   How the Heart Approaches What It Yearns
10   Slip Slidin' Away
11   Late in the Evening
12   Hearts and Bones
13   René and Georgette Magritte with Their Dog After the War
14   The Late Great Johnny Ace
15   The Boy In the Bubble
16   Graceland
17   Under African Skies
18   That Was Your Mother
19   Diamonds On the Soles of Her Shoes
20   Homeless
21   Spirit Voices
22   Can't Run But
23   Thelma
24   Further To Fly
25   She Moves On
26   Born At The Right Time - Live
27   The Cool, Cool River - Live
28   Have a Good Time
29   The Sound of Silence - Live
30   Still Crazy After All These Years - Live Album Version
31   St. Judy's Comet
32   Kathy's Song
33   America
34   Cecilla
35   El Condor Pasa
36   The Boxer
37   Mrs. Robinson
38   Bridge Over Troubled Water - Demo
39   Bridge Over Troubled Water
40   The Breakup
41   Hey, Schoolgirl
42   Me and Julio Down by the Schoolyard
43   Mother and Child Reunion
44   Congratulations
45   Duncan
46   Tenderness
47   Kodachrome
48   Gone At Last
49   Take Me to the Mardi Gras
50   50 Ways to Leave Your Lover
51   You Can Call Me Al
52   My Little Town




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