The Boxer Lyrics

It was a slow day And the sun was beating On the soldiers by the side of the road There was a bright light A shattering of shop windows The bomb in the baby carriage Was wired to t...Read Full Lyrics

A family of musicians took shelter for the night In the little harbor church of st. cecilia Two guitars, bata, bass drum and tambourine Rose of jericho and bougainvillea This is a...Read Full Lyrics

Moves like a fist through the traffic Anger and no one can heal it Shoves a little bump into the momentum It's just a little lump But you feel it In the creases and the shadows Wit...Read Full Lyrics

In the jungle the mighty jungle the lion sleeps tonight In the jungle the quiet jungle the lion sleeps tonight Near the village the peaceful village the lion sleeps tonight Near t...Read Full Lyrics

It's a still life water color, Of a now late afternoon, As the sun shines through the curtained lace And shadows wash the room. And we sit and drink our coffee Couched in our indif...Read Full Lyrics

Words & music by paul simon I was reading a magazine And thinking of a rock and roll song The year was nineteen fiftyfour And I hadn't been playing that long When a man came on th...Read Full Lyrics

I'm accustomed to a smooth ride Or maybe I'm a dog who's lost it's bite I don't expect to be treated like a fool no more I don't expect to sleep through the night Some people say a...Read Full Lyrics

Tom, get your plane right on time. I know your part'll go fine. Fly down to Mexico. Da-n-da-da-n-da-n-da-da and here I am, The only living boy in New York. I get the news I need on...Read Full Lyrics

If I have weaknesses Don't let them blind me Or camouflage all I am wary of I could be sailing in seizures of laughter Or crawling out from under the heel of love Do my prayers rem...Read Full Lyrics

On the side of a hill, in a land called somewhere A little boy lies asleep in the earth While down in the valley a crew orages And people forget what a child's life is worth On the...Read Full Lyrics