The Boxer

I am just a poor boy

我只是个穷小子

Though my story's seldom told

我很少讲我的故事

I have squandered my resistance

我已经浪费了我的抵抗

For a pocketful of mumbles

为了抱怨

Such are promises

这样的承诺

All lies and jest

所有的谎言和笑话

Still a man hears what he wants to hear

一个人仍然可以听到他想听到的

And disregards the rest

忘掉过去

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When I left my home

当我离开我的家乡

And my family

和家人

I was no more than a boy

我不再是男孩了

In the company of strangers

与陌生人同行

In the quiet of the railway station

在寂静的火车站

Running scared

战战兢兢

Laying low

躺下

Seeking out the poorer quarters

寻找栖身之处

Where the ragged people go

流浪的人在哪里

Looking for the places

找寻栖身之地

Only they would know

只有他们知道

Lie-la-lie

Lie-la-lie

Asking only workman's wages

找寻工人的工作

I come looking for a job

我来这儿寻找工作

But I get no offers

但我什么也没找到

Just a come-on from the whores

除了在第七大道

On Seventh Avenue

出卖身体

I do declare

我宣称

There were times

还有时间

When I was so lonesome

当我寂寞的时候

I took some comfort there

我在这里寻求一些慰藉

Lie-la-lie

Lie-la-lie

Lie-la-lie

Then I'm laying out

然后我重新裁剪

My winter clothes

我的冬衣

And wishing I was gone

希望我能离开

Going home

回到家

Where the New York City winters

纽约的这个冬天

Aren't bleeding me

不会冻僵我

Leading me

引导我

Going home

回家

In the clearing stands a boxer

远处站着一个拳击手

And a fighter by his trade

还有一个搞贸易的战士

And he carries the reminders

他提醒了我

Of ev'ry glove that laid him down

他的每副手套都有

Or cut him till he cried out

他的血泪史

In his anger and his shame

在他愤怒或耻辱的历史里

"I am leaving I am leaving "

我要离开

But the fighter still remains

但战士仍在继续

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