The Boxer/March 21, 1969 Simon & Garfunkel

The Boxer(March 21, 1969)

Simon & Garfunkel

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

Asking only workman's wages

I come looking fo 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

Lie-la-lie

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

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

And 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

In the clearing   빈터,  링

poorer quarters  싸구려 숙소

jest    농담

disregards  무시하다

squandered  낭비하다 

mumbles   중얼거림

pocketful of mumbles  조금 중얼거림

running scared  겁먹은 행동

whores   창녀   sex laver

I am flattered  기분이 아주 좋다

stammer  말을 더듬다

bilingual  이중언어

one in a million  최고의 사람 (것)

something  특별한

blow  ~ 에 돈을 쓰다

cut down  비용을 삭감하다

economize  경제적으로 쓰다

spending  지출

lost  허비한

stingy  인색한

miser  구두쇠

throw your money around  과시하기 위해 돈을 뿌리고 다니다

waste  낭비하다

entire year  전체

take time out  시간을 내다

You must take time out from your work to enjoy yourself.

set back my budget   예산을 위축시켰다

What a fancy meeting you here?   이런데서 만나다니

반갑습니다

What bring you here?   여긴 무슨 일로 오셨습니까?

I am just passing through to.... 그냥 지나가던 길이예요.

diarrhea  I've got diarrhea   설사가 있습니다.

same as usual   그냥 그렇습니다

I am hanging in there. 별로 안 좋아요

Your voice sounds strange.    목소리가 이상하군요.                                                                                                                                                                                                                                  

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