the boxer

• bir simon and garfunkel parcasi..
• daniel day lewis ve emily watson'in oynadiklari bir film..
• simon & garfunkel ekurisinin 68 tarihli cici parcalarindan biri. sozleri az cok boyle bi$eylerdi
  
  i am just a poor boy.
  though my story's seldom told,
  i have squandered my resistance
  for a pocket full 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 la la la, lie la la la 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.
  
  ooo-la-la la-la la-la
  
  then i'm laying out my winter clothes
  and wishing i was gone,
  going home
  where the new york city winters
  aren't bleeding me,
  leading me - e,
  going home.
  
  in the clearing stands a boxer,
  and a fighter by his trade
  and he carries the reminders
  of ev'ry glove that laid him down
  or cut him till he cried out
  in his anger and his shame,
  "i am leaving, i am leaving."
  but the fighter still remains
  lie-la-lie,
• joan baez yorumu ile dinleyeni ağlatan bir şarkıya dönüşmüş, aslen neşeli bir ritm ile yalnızlık dolu sözlere sahip eski bir paul-art çalışması.
  özellikle,
  still a man hears what he wants to hear
  and disregards the rest.
  kısmı ile hayat dersi gibidir.
• jim sheridan'in yonettigi 1997 yapimi film.
• (bkz: joan baez live)
• bu muhteşem sözleri, hem depresif hem isyan eden; ve bu müziği, hem neşeli hem hüzünlü, ancak simon & garfunkel bir araya getirebilirdi.
  
  i am leaving i am leaving
  but the fighter still remains
• lie la lie kısımlarıyla gelmiş geçmiş en melankolik şarkı olma unvanını sonuna kadar hakeden paul simon şarkısı
• yanlış hatırlamıyorsam paul simon'un konuk olarak katıldığı bir joan baez konserinde "after changes and changes we're more or less the same" diye muhteşem bir dize eklediği ve yeniden yarattığı şarkı.
• ozellikle;
  
  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"
  till he cried out in his anger and his shame
  i'm leaving i'm leaving but the fighter still remains...
  
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