Intolerable Cruelty movie - The Boxer lyrics

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Song by Colin Linden<br /><br>

I am just a poor boy. <br>

Though my story's seldom told, <br>

I have squandered my resistance <br>

For a pocketful of mumbles, <br>

Such are ppromises <br>

All lies and jest <br>

Still, a man hears what he wants to hear <br>

And disregards the rest. <br>

When I left my home <br>

And my family, <br>

I was no more than a boy <br>

In the company of strangers <br>

In the quiet of the railway station, <br>

Running scared, <br>

Laying low, <br>

Seeking out the poorer quarters <br>

Where the ragged people go, <br>

Looking for the places <br>

Only they would know. <br>

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CHORUS <br>

Lie-la-lie..... <br>

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Asking only workman's wages <br>

I come looking for a job, <br>

But I get no offers. <br>

Just a come-on from the whores <br>

On Seventh Avenue <br>

I do declare, <br>

There were times when I was so lonesome <br>

I took some comfort there. <br>

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CHORUS <br>

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Then I'm laying out my winter clothes <br>

And wishing I was gone <br>

Going home <br>

Where the New York City winters <br>

Aren't bleeding me, <br>

Leading me, <br>

Going home. <br>

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In the clearing stands a boxer, <br>

And a fighter by his trade <br>

And he carries the reminders <br>

Of ev'ry glove that laid him down <br>

Or cut him till he cried out <br>

In his anger and his shame, <br>

"I am leaving, I am leaving." <br>

But the fighter still remains <br>

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CHORUS<br>

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