The Boxer (feat. Mumford & Sons and Paul Simon) letra

I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I've squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles
such are promises
All lies and jests
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 the 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...

Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for a job
But I get no offers,
Just a come-on from the whores on Seventh Avenue
I do declare,
There were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there

Then I'm laying out my winter clothes
And wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters
Aren't bleeding me
leading me, going home
La, la, la...

In the clearing stands a boxer
And a fighter by his trade
And he carries the reminders
Of every glove that layed 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
Lie la lie...

Jerry Douglas - Letras

• All Through The Night
• Beautiful Star Of Bethlehem
• Christmas Time Is Here
• Do You Hear What I Hear?
• Don't Take Your Guns To Town
• Forever
• Frozen Fields (feat. Alison Krauss and Union Station)
• God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
• I Don't Believe You've Met My Baby
• In The Bleak Midwinter
• Mary Did You Know
• O Holy Night
• On a Monday
• Patrck Meets The Brickbats
• Pushed Up Too Far
• Right On Time (feat. Marc Cohn)
• Santa Claus Is Coming To Town
• Something You Got (feat. Eric Clapton)
• The Boxer (feat. Mumford & Sons and Paul Simon)
• The First Noel