Lyrics Waylon Jennings – The Boxer
Text:
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 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.
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.
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 some times when I was so lonesome
And I took some comfort there.
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…
Album
Waylon Jennings – Right For The Time
Waylon Jennings – Living Legends Part 2
Waylon Jennings – Right For The Time
Waylon Jennings – Lines
Waylon Jennings – Out Of Jail
Waylon Jennings – Carnival Song
Waylon Jennings – Kissing You Goodbye
Waylon Jennings – Wastin’ Time
Waylon Jennings – Hittin’ The Bottle Again
Waylon Jennings – The Boxer
Waylon Jennings – The Most Sensible Thing
Waylon Jennings – Cactus Texas
Waylon Jennings – WBPT