Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer（1969年）

Simon and Garfunkel - The Boxer

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, hmmmm

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...

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...

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.


Li la li...

Daily Vocabulary(2008/12/29)

6841.prosecutor(検察官、検事）
It bothers me that the special prosecutor made an inquiry about our past yransaction.
6842.go nowhere(らちがあかない、暗礁に乗り上げる、行き詰まる）
We'd better put an end to our relationship because we're going nowhere.
6843.sales pitch (売り込み口上、しつこい売り)
The sales pitch is enormous.
6844.needy (貧困者、貧しい人々）
Because it's a nice thing to help needy people.
6845.enthusiastic(熱心な、熱中している）
I was most impressed with his enthusiastic early-bird presentation today.
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