The Boxer

Intro 
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I was a poor boy, 
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From the streets of Dublin town 
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My father left When I was young, 
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My mother wore a frown 
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I left my home and my family 
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At they age of seventeen 
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To seek my fortune in this cruel world, 
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Chasing stupid dreams 
 

 
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I came to London with my fists 
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And nothing in my hand 
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I fought for pennies 
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In the back streets of this foreign land 
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The winter cuts right through my coat, 
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The hunger burns my pride 
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But in the ring I stand alone, 
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With nothing left to hide 
 

 
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Lai la lai, lai la lai, lai la lai, 
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Lai la lai, Lai la lai, Lai la lai, 
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lai la lai, lai la lai, lai la lai 
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Lai la lai, lai la lai, lai la lai 
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Lai la lai, lai la lai, lai la lai 
 

 
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In the clearing stands a boxer 
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And a fighter by his trade 
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And he carries the reminders 
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Of every glove that laid him down 
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Or cut him till he cried out 
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In his anger and his shame 
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"I am leaving, I am leaving", 
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But the fighter still remains 
 

 
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Lai la lai, lai la lai, lai la lai, 
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Lai la lai, Lai la lai, Lai la lai, 
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Lai la lai, lai la lai, lai la lai  

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In the quiet of the night 
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I hear my mother call my name 
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She asks me why I chose this life 
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Of blood and sweat and pain 
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I have squandered all my money 
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On the women and the wine 
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But still the fighter in me says, 
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Get up lad, one more time 
 

 
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Lai la lai, lai la lai, lai la lai, 
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Lai la lai, Lai la lai, Lai la lai, 
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The fighter still remains 
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The fighter still remains 
 

Outro

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