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I'd go with The Boxer

Jul 29, 2021, 8:35 PM

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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
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, lie la lie la lie la lie
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la 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 ###### on Seventh Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there
La-la-la-la-la-la-la
Now the years are rolling by me
They are rocking evenly
And I am older than I once was
And 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, lie la lie la lie la lie
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie
Lie la lie, lie la lie la lie la lie, la la lie la lie
Then 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 going 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 till he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains, he's still remains

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Take your time, tell me slow. Should I stay?
And we both know you thought you knew what I was just about to say
But you didn’t know, and you always think you do
I’ll tell you, I been looking back over my shoulder
It’s not you that I’ve got to blame
If I could do this all over, I wouldn’t do nothing the same

[Chorus]
It seemed like the right thing at the time
It seemed like the right thing at the time

I try to remember, it helps me forget, The older I get
The older I get, the more I worry, That the more I worry, the older I get and yet, I still worry
Ain’t that about a son of a #####, I tell you
Some people can’t take no for an answer
Some people can’t even take yes for an answer
I can’t say for sure how I end up here, but if I had to guess, I guess

[Chorus]
It seemed like the right thing at the time
It seemed like the right thing at the time

Tryin’ to find some kinda way to cope, You’ve got to admit
It ain’t the despair that gets you, it’s the hope
When I found myself in possession of these car keys
I just naturally assumed that I could drive

See him wasted on the sidewalk, in his jacket and his jeans
Wearin' yesterday's misfortunes like a smile
Once he had a future, full of money love and dreams
Which he spent like they was goin' out o' style

And he keeps right on a'changin', for the better or the worse
Searchin' for a shrine he's never found
Never knowin' if believin', is a blessin' or a curse
Or if the goin' up was worth, the comin' down

He's a poet, an' he's a picker, he's a prophet, an' he's a pusher
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home

He has tasted good and evil, in your bedrooms and your bars
And he's traded in tomorrow for today
Runnin' from his devils Lord, and reachin' for the stars
And losin' all he loved, along the way

But if this world keeps right on turnin', for the better or the worse
And all he ever gets is older and around
From the rockin' of the cradle, to the rollin' of the hearse
The goin' up was worth, the comin' down

He's a poet, an' he's a picker, he's a prophet, an' he's a pusher
He's a pilgrim and a preacher, and a problem when he's stoned
He's a walkin' contradiction, partly truth and partly fiction
Takin' ev'ry wrong direction on his lonely way back home

There's a lot of wrong directions, on that lonely way back home

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Great lyrics. Will enjoy late tonight.***

Pet Sounds is a certified banger, but I cannot get too into

I'd go with The Boxer

But "Bowel shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse"

For I knew that topless lady had something up her sleeve

"When I found myself in possession of these car keys..."

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