Ruhan du Toit - The Boxer (Key: OR Cmaj)

Title: The Boxer (Simon & Garfunkel Cover)
Format: MP3 Backing Track - Instrumental - Karaoke
Created in the style of: Ruhan du Toit
Genre: Pop; South African; Folk; Country
Language: English
Era: 2020s
Key: OR Cmaj
Backing vocals: No
Lyrics: Yes
 
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 the man hears what he wants to hear
And disregards the rest
Mmm-mmm
 
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...
 
Now the years are rolling by me
They are rockin' evenly
And I am older than I once was
Younger than I'll be but that's not unusual
 
No it isn't strange
After changes upon changes
We are more or less the same
After changes we are more or less the same
 
Lie-la-lie...
 
Now I'm laying out my winter clothes
Wishing I was gone
Going home
Where the New York City winters aren't bleeding me
 
Leading me
To go 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
And cut him 'til he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains
Yes, he still remains
 
Lie-la-lie... (to end)
 
Composer: PAUL SIMON (PAUL SIMON MUSIC)