The Boxer Me First and the Gimme Gimmes

[Verse 1]
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

[Verse 2]
When I left my home and 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

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[Verse 3]
Asking only workman's wages, I come looking for a job
But I get no offers, just a come-on from some bitch on 7th Avenue
I do declare, there were times when I was so lonesome
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