先日Paul Simon さんがコンサート活動からの引退を表明しました。彼のコメントです。
“I feel the travel and time away from my wife and family takes a toll that detracts from the joy of playing.”
彼の代表曲の中の１曲です。本当にいい曲ですね。
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・表現を含む題材……………………… 「Paul Simon - The Boxer」から
・単語、イデオム……………………… 歌で使われた単語
・表現の解説…………………………… 歌詞
・編集後記……………………………… Paul Simon さんがコンサート活動
■ 表現を含む題材 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━・・・・・‥‥‥………
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=sstgcbGsew0
Paul Simon - The Boxer: Live From Paris
■ 単語、イデオム ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━・・・・・‥‥‥………
squander 浪費する、無駄にする
resistance 抵抗
mumble 口もごり
disregard 無視をする
quarter 宿泊所
whore 売春婦
clearing 空地
by his trade 職業
■ 表現の解説 ━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━━・・・・・‥‥‥………
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 lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie 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, le le le le le le le
Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie 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 ev'ry 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, mmm mmm
Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la lie lie
Lie la lie, lie la la la la lie la la lie
Written by Paul Simon Copyright Universal Music Publishing Group