Lee DeWyze
Lee DeWyze - The Boxer lyrics
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The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel) by Lee DeWyze, Music Lyrics and Video
The Boxer was performed by Lee DeWyze on the show for Idol Gives Back week, aka inspirational songs, and also on the Finale. The original song "The Boxer" is a folk rock ballad written by Paul Simon in 1968 and first recorded by Simon & Garfunkel. In the studio version of the song, Dewyze also included the missing verse, which was not present in the Bridge Over Troubled Water version.
You can listen here to Lee DeWyze performing "The Boxer" on American Idol Season 9 Finale.
Lee DeWyze - The Boxer Lyrics I am just a poor boy Though my story's seldom told I have 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 Lie la lie ... 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 Bleeding me, going home In the clearing stands a boxer And a fighter by his trade And he carries the reminders Of ev'ry 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 ...