The boxer　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 families
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 for a job
But I get no offers
Just a come-on from the whore on Seventh Avenue
I do declare
There were times when I was so lonesome
I took some comfort there

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 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

拳击手赛门与葛芬柯二重唱

我只是个穷人的孩子
虽然我的故事很少人提起
我已花费太多心力在应付那些闲言闲语
那些承诺都是一些谎言与玩笑
人们依然是听他想听的
其它的都当作耳边风

当我离开家和家人的时候
我还是个小男孩
混在一大群的陌生人中
在寂静的火车站中
我惊惶的奔跑
隐身躲藏
找寻那些衣衫褴褛的人们聚集的角落
找寻只有他们才知道的地方

啦………

我开始找工作，只求有工人的薪资
却一无所获
只有第七大道的妓女肯留我
我必须承认
当我寂寞难耐的时候
我在那儿得到不少安慰

后来，我开始整理冬天的衣物
盼望自己早已离开，回到家去
故乡不会像纽约的寒冬使我淌血
指引我，往回家的路上

空地上，一位拳击手站立着
一位职业战士
他牢记着每一次教训
每一个将他击倒或使他痛苦哀号的手套痕迹
在愤怒与羞愧中
(他喊着)"我就要离开这里了！"
然而，战士依然留在那儿……

　赛门与葛芬柯( Simon and Garfunkel )，被誉为美国最伟大的二重唱。其中才华洋溢的保罗赛门( Paul Simon )负责作曲，嗓音高亢清亮的亚特葛芬柯( Art Garfunkel )则担任大部分的主唱。除了「沉默之声」、「恶水上的大桥」等经典名曲，描述贫民区的孩子只身到纽约奋斗的「The boxer」，虽然不像前面两首歌曲具有高知名度，却同样具有优秀的创作品质与情绪感染力。