But the Fighter Still Remains

[Maggot]

I am just a poor boy
Though my story's seldom told
I have squandered my resistance
For a pocket full of mumbles
Such are promises
All lies and jests
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, lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie
Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la la lie

Asking only workman's wages
I come looking for 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
La la la la la la la

Lie la lie, lie la la la lie la lie, lie la lie
Lie la la la lie la lie, la la la 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 every glove that laid him down
Or cut him 'til he cried out
In his anger and his shame
"I am leaving, I am leaving"
But the fighter still remains

 

[TexPatriot]

Some of those hippy protest songs bring back nostalgic memories of my early youth in the 60's. My older sister listened to them.

Scarborough Fair and Diamond and Rust by Joan Biaz especially.

The hippy communists were a harmless clown show back then but they grew up to become the Dem. Party.

 

[Maggot]

Some of those hippy protest songs bring back nostalgic memories of my early youth in the 60's. My older sister listened to them.

Scarborough Fair and Diamond and Rust by Joan Biaz especially.

The hippy communists were a harmless clown show back then but they grew up to become the Dem. Party.

I never saw this as a 'protest' song, more a mans reflection on his experience.

 

[TexPatriot]

I never saw this as a 'protest' song, more a mans reflection on his experience.

Yeah, but the people from that genre that listened to S&G were protesting or griping about something, specifically 'the war' and our government. As Dylan wrote in one of his songs '...revolution was in the air.'

 

[OldSalty2]

meh, never been a fan...

 

[EddieNFL]

I liked the music; still do. Had to register for the draft, but no one was being called at that point. Never did protest VN. Still think the Kent State students brought it on themselves. Nomex on.

 

[hunter1959]

to a Marxist like Alinsky, those were the best of times.... for they took intelligent fools like the Clinton's an infused them with the long game... Saul, you devil you, you must be sitting in hell rolling your hands and saying, "Yes, my darlings, go forth and multiply, muahhhahahahahaha"

 

[diverdon]

Crap sold as art.