The Boxer – Simon and Garfunkel

兩天前，在早上回公司的路上，腦內忽然跑出這首歌。

認識這首歌，是因為小時候在家中常常聽到哥哥和姊姊兩人，拿著結他，自彈自唱Peter, Paul and Mary, Simon and Garfunkel 的經典名曲。耳濡目染下，我也愛上了這些民歌。

The Boxer 的詞很有畫面，很有故事性。一只結他，加上兩人和諧悅耳的歌喉，讓人百聽不厭。

下面的版本, 是由年長版的Simon & Garfunkel 為大家獻唱，年紀大了但依然動聽，希望你會喜歡！(歌曲部份由2' 開始)




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....mmmm......)

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

(Li la li... li la la la li la li)

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 (li la la, la, la la la)

Now the years are rolling by me, they are rocking even me
I am older than I once was, and younger than I'll be, 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 ...

(Li la li... li la la la li la li)

And 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, 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 or cut him
Till he cried out in his anger and his shame
I am leaving, I am leaving, but the fighter still remains
Yes, he still remains ...

(Li la li... li la la la li la li)